Presenting Unbound: A Story of Love, War, and Survival

Unbound tells the story of 30 women who participated in China's Long March in 1934. They were among 86,000 soldiers of the Red First Army, led by the young Mao Zedong, who faced annihilation by a million Nationalist soldiers. Dubbed the "Long March," their amazing trek-4,000 miles on foot in a single year-established the image of Mao and the Chinese Communists worldwide. But what is less known is these 30 women had emerged from domestic servitude to take on important roles as soldiers, reformers, mothers and communicators to civilians along the way. Fewer than 10,000 of the original group would survive, but all the women were among them. The author, Dean King, has spent over four years researching this topic, including a journey to China to re-trace the march and interviewing the last survivor of the march.

A former contributing editor to Men's Journal, King has written for National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Esquire, Travel + Leisure, New York, and the New York Times, among other publications. His books include the bestselling Skeletons on the Zahara, which was the basis of a two-hour History Channel special documentary and is currently being developed as a feature film.