Ming, born in a bleak outpost of Sichuan province, finds an unexpected glimpse of the world beyond when she meets a talking monkey with golden eyes and supernatural abilities--the immortal Monkey King, with whom Ming\'s destiny is inextricably intertwined.
Together, they travel to the village.
Hope arrives in the form of her American friend Zoe.
Determined to become a writer, Ming finds her way to New York, but to make ends meet she goes to work for a crime ring and returns to China on the lam.
Ming, born in a bleak outpost of Sichuan province, finds an unexpected glimpse of the world beyond when she meets a talking monkey with golden eyes and supernatural abilities--the immortal Monkey King, with whom Ming\'s destiny is inextricably intertwined
