Snowstorm, Blade of the Northern Frontier

Winter, year twenty-two of the Jinglong reign. An imperial decree of marriage struck the northern frontier like a blade of ice.

Xiao Che, heir to the Prince of Zhending, had just returned from a bloody battle when he was ordered to the capital to marry Princess Zhaoyang, Zhou Qingxuan. A match made in heaven was really a shackle; an official visit on his father’s behalf concealed a deadly trap.

Beyond the northern frontier lay a land of utter darkness. Beneath the capital’s splendor, imperial suspicion wove a tightening net, hidden arrows flew across the court, and four rival states circled like predators as the martial world grew ever more treacherous.

A hostage? A pawn? Xiao Che tightened his grip on the Broken Mountain Sword at his waist.

In this game of the realm, he would not only survive and break out of checkmate, but seize the pieces and claim the throne!