The Walking BoyThe Walking Boy is a quest novel set in early eighth century Tang Dynasty China, in the final days of the rule of the first female Emperor Wu Zhao. The ailing hermit monk, Harelip, sends his disciple Baoshi on a pilgrimage from Mount Hua to Chang'an, the Western capital. Baoshi is the 'walking boy' charged with locating Harelip's missing former lover, Ardhanari. Baoshi lives with a secret only his Master knows, and he is filled with fears of being