title: Six Heirs (The Secret of Ji)
author:  Pierre Grimbert 
description: A native of France and a lifelong fantasy enthusiast who numbers Jack Vance, Fritz Leiber, and Michael Moorcock among his heroes, Pierre Grimbert has been awarded the Prix Ozone, for best French language fantasy novel, and the Prix Julia Verlanger, for best science fiction novel in any language. He is the author of fourteen much beloved novels of the Ji mythos, including the series the Secret of Ji, the Children of Ji, and the Guardians of Ji. He lives in northern France with his wife and two sons.
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  Forthcoming titles by Pierre Grimbert in The Secret of Ji series:
  
  
  
  
  
  _Oath Orphan_
  
  
  
  
  
  _Shadow of the Ancients_
  
  
  
  
  
  _The Eternal Master_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  The characters and events depicted in this book are fictitious.  
  
  
  Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not
  intended by the author.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Text copyright © 1996 by Les éditions Mnémos
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  English translation copyright © 2013 by Matt Ross and Eric Lamb
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
  recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
  
  
  
  
  
  _The Secret of Ji: Six Heirs_ was first published in 1996 by Les éditions
  Mnémos as _Le Secret de Ji Volume 1: Six héritiers_.
  
  
  
  
  
  Translated from French by Matt Ross and Eric Lamb.
  
  
  
  
  
  Published in English by AmazonCrossing 