Chang’an in its golden age: glittering on the surface, with dark currents gnawing at its heart.
Lu Jiu has only his keen eyes, which can discern the authenticity of artifacts, to unravel the tangled truth amid a world where real and fake are hard to tell apart.
He relies on the cunning he picked up on the streets to survive dangerous encounters between the powerful and the ambitious.
Above all, he must hold fast to the unyielding chivalry born of humble beginnings and protect the last vestiges of justice in his heart as a storm sweeps across the land.
He appraises treasures, exposes schemes, and guards his heart.
One volume of the Secret Scroll of Tianshu, half an empire at stake.
When the long-buried Kunshu Seal and a warlord’s blood-written letter resurface, will they ignite the flames of a turbulent age, or strike like thunder and cleanse the corruption?
How will a young man with blue-stained fingers use his mortal body as a scale to weigh the fate of the Tang Empire?
