<DIV><DIV><I>Boxers & Saints Boxed Set Edition</I></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>One of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing new work.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><DIV>In two volumes, <I>Boxers & Saints</I> tells two parallel stories. The first is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy whose village is abused and plundered by Westerners claiming the role of missionaries. Little Bao, inspired by visions of the Chinese gods, joins a violent uprising against the Western interlopers. Against all odds, their grass-roots rebellion is successful.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>But in the second volume, Yang lays out the opposite side of the conflict. A girl whose village has no place for her is taken in by Christian missionaries and finds, for the first time, a home with them. As the Boxer Rebellion gains momentum, Vibiana must decide whether to abandon her Christian friends or to commit herself fully to Christianity.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><I>Boxers & Saints</I> is one of the most ambitious graphic novels First Second has ever published. It offers a penetrating insight into not only one of the most controversial episodes of modern Chinese history, but into the very core of our human nature. Gene Luen Yang is rightly called a master of the comics form, and this book will cement that reputation.</DIV></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>This boxed set includes the trade paperback <I>Boxers</I> as well as the trade paperback <I>Saints</I>, packaged together in one slipcase.</DIV></DIV>