If you could gain access to infinite potential but it meant losing who you are… would you roll the dice?
In the aftermath of his excommunication from the Shaolin Temple, Grandmaster Flash finds himself torn between two worlds - his monastic and moral heritage, and the ignoble intentions of his new clan. His defeat of the 18 Guardians of Shaolin, once thought impossible, and his reputation as the Master of Lightness - an ancient art that taps profound mind-body potential - has placed him at the epicenter of untold risk.
Beset by martial arts masters looking to best him in mortal combat, a criminal organization aiming to turn his talents for power and profit, and at every turn, danger and loss, Flash turns to a lawless device of chance in a last-ditch effort to retain some semblance of light in a world of darkness.
A century and a half later and half way around the world in a nursing home in Long Island, New York, life and death are just as closely coupled. Millie, not long after the loss of her elderly home crush, begins exhibiting new and disconcerting behaviors. With brash and darkly humorous antics, she throws caution to the wind and gives life one more chance.
With a ragtag cohort of blind supporters made up of her grandson and The Home pharmacist, Millie goes into business supplying fellow residents with all the ‘feel good’ medication they desire. But when her choices leave her pitted against established drug dealing hipsters, whose profits are rapidly dwindling, the only way out, is through.
Bound to one another across time by the most unlikely of fortunes, Flash and Millie set their worlds ablaze with but a single commitment - to follow the number on the die, wherever it leads.
But what happens when chance opens doors that cannot be closed?
A Law of the Die: When multitudes conspire and odds are against you, set as many options at play as possible. Momentum is a raging fire that requires ample kindling. Should options manifest more chaos than clarity, burn everything to the ground… and begin anew.
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Law of the Die holds a special place in the weightless trilogy. While it is a stand-alone work of fiction, it picks up where The Essence of Lightness leaves off, in story and in principle. It continues to explore principles of presence, performance, and chance (dissected in the other books of the trilogy) under the direst of real world, uncertain conditions.
Many tools and tactics work when the sun is shining.
Darkness is the real test.
There is only one law…