With the Wolf King in the north defeated, Great Liang turns its full
attention to the war's southern front, where the Westerners have
occupied the fertile land of Jiangnan. Gu Yun races south to lead Great
Liang's fledgling navy, while Chang Geng is recalled to the capital to
solve the pressing matter of funding the war effort.
Yet the imperial court is no less treacherous than the battlefield. As
Chang Geng walks a precarious path where one misstep could brand him a
traitor or worse, he begins to suspect that Gu Yun is in more danger
than he lets on. Chang Geng will stop at nothing to bring an end to the
war and build a nation where his beloved can lay down his armor and
live, at long last, in peace.