In the Warring States era, the kingdoms wage war, but not merely for territory.
A cold observation from the stars has long since placed the world on a game board. Magnetism is both a law and a shackle. The Nine Cauldrons are no cauldrons at all, but anchors for a prison that harvests blood-magnetism to feed the “gods.”
At Jixia Academy, the Hundred Schools of Thought turn their debates into battles of magnetic force: the Mohists' mechanical crossbow formations stand ready, the Confucians turn the character for “benevolence” into a shield of light, and the Logicians weave logical magnetic traps with their sophistry...
In a Xinzheng dungeon, Korean noblewoman Bao Shu is imprisoned. The magnetic crystal beneath her collarbone is the source of her suffering, but also the key to reversing her fate.
Bai Yan, a disciple of the Ghost Valley School, bears the seal of a tomb guardian. The magnetic needle in his hand can guide him by the star charts, or stir up storms across the land.
One works in the open, treating the world as a chessboard and forging alliances; the other operates in the shadows, wielding heart frequencies to break magnetic shackles and sever fate.
When conspiracies pierce through time and space, and the “observers” who protect civilization reveal the blades with which they harvest it, these two will join forces to ignite a war that begins as a struggle for power and ends in the survival of civilization.
True freedom is not breaking through a wall. It is letting the light of the heart shine wherever it will, and creating your own magnetic path.
Keywords: Warring States science fiction, magnetic power struggles, the Hundred Schools of Thought, civilization under observation, tragic romance, political intrigue
