No one watches a wuxia movie for the clever plot and detailed characterization; similarly, no one should read A Hero Born (Legend of the Condor Heroes, #1) expecting anything approaching a coherent storyline. It’s all about the action. The bones of a story are there: two fathers die, two baby sons live to carry on their legacies, they are separated but fated to meet… but it all gets drowned beneath the crazy martial arts nonsense, and boy do they get into depth with that. It’s kind of like watching an entire season of Dragon Ball Z – not deep, nor exactly logical, but undeniably entertaining.