Three Kingdoms Stratagems: Starting with the Battle of Red Cliffs

In the Cao Wei camp during the chaotic final years of the Han dynasty, Su Yan is a mere low-ranking clerk, an unknown figure beneath the command tent. On the eve of the Battle of Red Cliffs, the Cao camp is filled with dread at the powerful naval forces of the Sun-Liu Alliance and the brilliant minds of Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, and others. With their survival at stake, Su Yan is entrusted with a desperate mission. Drawing on his insight into the devious workings of human nature and strategies far ahead of his time, he sets an astonishing deception in motion, one capable of turning the tide. Using himself as bait, he weaves a vast web of intelligence between friend and foe, so convincing that the alliance is misled at every turn. When the fog of war finally clears, the unknown nobody has become a chief strategist on a par with Guo Jia and Xun Yu, personally uncovering the secret contest of wits hidden behind the Battle of Red Cliffs.