Every Ten Chapters: Change Dynasties and Play the Power Game

There are no regrets here, nor drawn-out plots. Every story is packed with ruthless schemes capable of changing the fate of a dynasty.

A common-born strategist might break an alliance of seven kingdoms with a cup of poisoned wine, while a palace woman official might topple a century-old clan with half a secret letter.

A frontier general might cut off the enemy's supply route with a fake death, or a reclusive master might use feng shui to throw the court's plans into chaos.

Each ten-chapter arc unfolds in a different dynasty, from rival states battling under the enfeoffment system, to bureaucratic power struggles under the prefecture-and-county system, to warlords contending for supremacy in times of chaos. Scheming minds from every walk of life show what they can do.

There is no eternal protagonist, only endless battles of wits:

Some use psychological tactics to make enemy generals destroy their own defenses; others use linked schemes to ruin their political rivals. The most audacious even use themselves as bait to set a deadly trap spanning decades.

Every arc comes full circle, and every story hides a twist that turns your expectations upside down. You will never guess what ingenious tactic the next schemer will use to carve out a way forward from utter desperation.

Open this book and see how ordinary people wield strategy like a blade, stirring up storms and deciding the fate of the world across different alternate histories.