The City of Tokyo That Never Sleeps

Jia Xian, a merchant of great talent, is hunted from the moment he is born. Yang Wenguang, heir to the Yang family’s line of generals, sees his family destroyed while still a boy. And how should Empress Dowager Zhangxian, Liu E, be judged? She ruled from behind the throne, and even on her deathbed refused to return power to Emperor Renzong of Song. What were her merits and failings? In prosperous Dongjing, undercurrents swirl through the officialdom. The marketplace is a battlefield, and the bureaucracy a ring for political combat. Follow Jia Xian and Yang Wenguang, Emperor Renzong of Song and Empress Dowager Liu, as they grow and struggle for power in the worlds of commerce and government…

Dongjing, the Northern Song capital that flourished through the ages, is immortalized in Zhang Zeduan’s Along the River During the Qingming Festival. It shows us the city’s prosperity. But beneath this bustling city that never sleeps, amid the hidden currents of the official world, what strange and winding tales are waiting to unfold?