The novel follows three main threads: the legacy of the City of Heroes, the wars between the various powers, and protagonist Yanzhu's perspective.
It is built around three key elements: merchant caravans, mercenaries, and regimes.
Its two central themes are survival and development.
War provides the backdrop for this era. Yanzhu arrives in this age, seeking the legacy of the City of Heroes and witnessing the wars between the various powers. Commerce, war, mercenaries, and the rise and fall of dynasties all converge in a world undergoing change.
Survival is the foundation; development is the future.
A lucky outsider arrives in this world to witness everything that unfolds.
*The original whip-bearer, the Heavenly Khan, the War of Divine Punishment, the city-state conflicts, the rise of merchant caravans, the clash of civilizations, the age of assassins, the reforging of iron and fire, the world's cycle of rebirth: an outsider fortunate enough to witness a great upheaval joins this heroic age of clashing iron and fire and sets out on the path of a hero.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
