Gu Qing, a leading modern expert on Song history, transmigrates to the reign of Emperor Duzong of the Southern Song.
This is an era more despairing than hell itself: the emperor is incompetent, Jia Sidao wields power, the generals are turning against the court, and foreign enemies are closing in.
On his very first day after transmigrating, he faces a death sentence for a crime he never committed.
The course of history you know is the greatest art of prophecy;
your understanding of game theory and the dark arts of politics is the ultimate weapon for slaying dragons.
From a battle of wits in death row, to one perilous step after another in Lin’an, to turning the tide beneath the walls of Xiangyang.
He is a madman in the eyes of corrupt officials, a god in the eyes of generals, and a just official in the eyes of the common people.
Standing atop the walls of Lin’an, Gu Qing watches the approaching fires of war and straightens his robes. “I will change the fate of the Great Song.”
