"When the blood moon rises, the world will change hands." Shen Zhaoyue, daughter of the State Preceptor of Southern Chu, was born with unusual eyes and prophesied to be a "disaster star" who would bring ruin to her country. But during her coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Lin, the God of War of Northern Yan, exposes her true identity, drawing her into the vortex of political intrigue between the two nations. As curses become blades and true feelings turn into pieces on a game board, they use the realm as their board and its people as their pieces. Yet amid their life-and-death struggle, they uncover a shocking lie behind their fated destiny...
