A Dragon's Journey Through Officialdom: The Ambitions of a Nobody

[Perilous power struggles in the officialdom + high-octane action + cunning political schemes] Chu Chen, a son-in-law and government official, gets dragged into his father-in-law's fight for power on the very day his stunning wife cheats on him. Right after his divorce, his former in-laws unleash a storm of attacks against him, nearly landing him in prison. But he outwits them and escapes. Just as he breaks free of the trap his father-in-law carefully laid, an unseen hand has him demoted to a township post. Facing one obstacle after another, Chu Chen is determined to defy fate. Starting with a job at the Women's Federation office, he relies on one ingenious scheme after another to clear a path through the officialdom, ultimately rising to the pinnacle of power.