The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I    by Edward C. Patterson
Price: $0.99 USD. 146150 words. Published on March 8, 2009. .
“A bigger fool the world has never known than I — a coarse fellow with no business to clutch a brush and scribble. I only know the scrawl, because my master took pleasure in teaching me between my chores. Not many men are so cursed . . .” Thus begins the tale of Li K’ai-men, a tale of 12th Century China, where state service meant a life long journey.

The Nan Tu - Southern Swallow Book II    by Edward C. Patterson
Price: $2.99 USD. 166160 words. Published on December 29, 2009. .
“We all lived in the shadow of K’ai-feng’s ashes now. No denying it. However safe we felt, the world hung by a silken thread.” So begins the second book of the Southen Swallow series — The Nan Tu (The Southern Migration) and, like the first book, The Academician, it is told by K’u Ko-ling, servant to the Grand Tutor, Li K’ai-men.

Swan Cloud - Southern Swallow Book III    by Edward C. Patterson
Price: $2.99 USD. 147580 words. Published on November 2, 2011. .
“We were like Swan Clouds, or so my master Li K’ai-men said, because for ten years we drifted from place to place — city to city — one temporary capital after another.” Ten years has passed since The Nan Tu, Book II of the Southern Swallow series. The Sung court and government has settled at the great city of Lin-an and peace is sought with the invading Jurchen.