Not born on a throne, but raised in a cage.
In Handan in 259 BC, war and conspiracy were the beginning of Ying Zheng's life. As the grandson of the King of Qin, but held as a hostage in the State of Zhao, he has been the most dangerous chess piece on the chessboard since birth. In Yongxiang, where people are dying of hunger, and in the enemy's court, which is cold-eyed and murderous, a child has been dormant for nine years with silence and tenacity beyond his age.
This is not only a dangerous journey for a person to return home, but also the beginning of a global chess game. Lu Buwei's money-spending, the court game between Pingyuan Lord and Chunping Lord, the long-distance support of the Qin army's cavalry, the undercurrent of murderous intent in the Zhao court - countless hands are pushing or strangling a child's destiny.
When he finally stepped through Hangu Pass, behind him was the iron will forged by humiliation and hardship, and in front of him was the Xianyang chess game that was more complicated than Handan. From the grandson of a proton to the co-owner of the world, he stepped on the edge of a knife every step of the way.
This is a story about "forging": how a man was forged into a sharp sword by troubled times, and how a country swept across the world with its iron-blooded will.
