In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the dynasty falls and the nation is lost. Crown Prince Zhu Cilang and Princess Zhu Meiyan step forward in the hour of crisis, shouldering the last legitimate claim to the Ming throne.
Everyone says the Ming fell to rebellion, famine, and factional strife. Few realize that the collapse of the realm was the result of a sinister plot to destroy China, hatched by the red-haired foreigners and the barbarians beyond the passes in collusion with powerful gentry families.
The Dragon and Phoenix siblings stand together through the storm. They do not seek to preserve a dynasty for one family, but only to defend the traditions of the Han people and rebuild a resolute Han realm.
