Girl from Wudang, The (PJ Caldas)

From Emmy-winner, Brazilian best-seller PJ Caldas, comes a story about immortality, martial arts and AI that will make you change the way you look at life, science, and the crazy times we are living in.

My Name is Tigress and I am immortal. This is my story.

Yinyin, called Tigress, was raised in the sacred mountains of Wudang, where her life was about Tai Chi, the Dao, and trying to balance her yang with yin. Artificial intelligence and neuroscience were things she'd never even heard of. But then her overpowering yang sets her on a course to the Bay Area to become a professional fighter.

For as long as she could remember, Yinyin had been told she was poised to become part of something big, but what "big" turned out to be was beyond her imagining: a scientific experiment that would allow her to connect her brain to a thing they called "Brainternet" and become unbeatable. Bonus: the suicidal headaches that had plagued her all her life would cease.

But nothing comes without a price, and this connection would give others access to family secrets Yinyin has sworn to protect. Secrets that, at large and in the wrong hands, could be a very dangerous thing.

Fans of the legendary cyberpunk novels and gritty sci-fi thrillers of William Gibson and Stieg Larsson will be captivated by this new techno-thriller--a fast-paced blend of action, neuroscience, spirituality and martial arts.

"Unpredictable, disorienting and wonderfully absorbing…a book you can't stop reading." -- Monica Rector, professor emeritus of Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

About Author

PJ Caldas, known in his home country as PJ Pereira, was picked by the Dictionary of Brazilian Literature as one of the most important writers of the XXI century. There, he published four books inspired by the mythology carried to the country by the African diaspora. Despite being “non-traditional” for the editorial standards in the country, he reached the top five best-selling titles multiple times, often as the highest ranked Brazilian in the list.

He started his career as a computer programer, but it was as an entertainment and advertising executive that he reached international recognition. He’s won hundreds of awards, including an Emmy for Innovation in Storytelling for his web series The Beauty Inside. Another project worth noting is the feature film Lo and Behold, The Reveries of the Connected World, directed by the legendary Werner Herzog and produced by PJ’s company Pereira O’Dell — a project that heavily influenced the story in his upcoming book, The Girl from Wudang.

PJ Caldas is also an avid martial artist with 40 years of experience in combat sports, most of that dedicated to Shaolin Kempo, Wing Chun, and Karate, in which he holds his black belts. But he's also experimented with Tai Chi, Aikido, Judo, Capoeira, Silat, Boxing, Muay Thai, Philipino knife fighting… While researching his next book, he grew interested in grappling again and reconnected with his Rio de Janeiro roots by enrolling in a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school in New York, in which he currently holds a purple belt.

PJ lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with his son, wife and a golden retriever named Zeus.