Is Surrendering the Only Way for Liangshan to Survive?

Why is Liangshan, despite its immense wealth, actually living off its reserves? Why must Song Jiang, famed for his generosity, sideline Chao Gai? When accepting imperial amnesty becomes the consensus among most of the heroes, how does Song Jiang turn that demand into personal authority? Why is the campaign against Fang La a clever plot by the imperial court, and an act of self-purging by Liangshan?

From the mystery of the enormous fortune stolen in the Birthday Gifts case to the power struggles before the Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness; from the conflicting agendas on the road to accepting amnesty to the horrific deaths on the Jiangnan battlefield, this book draws on every detail of the original to reveal the inevitable path of Liangshan's heroes, from their brotherhood to their destruction. This is not the Water Margin you imagined. This is the fate they could never escape.