Phoenix Hairpin of Jiangbiao: The Dusty Dreams of Jingzhou, a Biography of Sun Shangxiang

This is a novel about “choice” and “steadfastness.”

Sun Shangxiang's life began with an obsession with heroes and ended with her steadfast devotion to love. Born a noble daughter of Jiangdong, she refused to be confined to the inner chambers. She could have enjoyed a life of wealth and comfort, but chose instead to share hardship with her beloved. She could have clung to life, but chose to follow him even unto death.

Told from Sun Shangxiang's perspective, the novel offers a fresh interpretation of a marriage swept up in politics amid the chaos of the Three Kingdoms. When a “beauty trap” meets a “true love,” and a political marriage becomes a mutual choice, love becomes a ray of light shining through a troubled age. That light may be faint, but it is bright enough to pierce a thousand years and show generations to come that, behind the schemes and flashing blades, true love still flows on like a mighty river.