"Iron-Blooded Heart: Ashes of Mountains and Rivers" is a historical plot novel set in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It tells the story of Zhao Heng, a general of the Forbidden Army in the later Zhou Dynasty, who transformed from an idealistic young officer into a mature politician in troubled times. Through the complicated emotional bond between Zhao Heng, the Khitan princess Xiao Yanyan, and the talented Jiangnan girl Su Yunjin, as well as the game between Zhao Heng and the famous Southern Tang general Lin Muyuan, who is both an enemy and a friend, the novel profoundly depicts the fierce collision between personal destiny and family and country, the love between children and political choices. When loyalty and betrayal, love and ambition, ideals and reality are washed away by the torrent of the times, everyone will make their own final choice and jointly compose a heart-stirring tragedy in troubled times.
