This is a novel about stories. Every cultural relic has a story of its own. Take the dragon-patterned jade pendant, for example: where did it first appear, what has it been through, and what has it witnessed? Let me lead you through one story after another.
This is a work of fiction set in an imagined world. All the stories are fictional, fictional, fictional. Important things bear repeating three times, so please don't take them as fact.
Any resemblance is purely coincidental.
