For a thousand miles, war fires blaze as the rival states clash. Murong Chui watches the people of this troubled age rise and fall.
From the time young Murong Chui made a name for himself, through Ran Min’s downfall and his triumph at Fangtou, he suffered the suspicion of his own kin and fled to Qin. In Chang’an, he lay low and bided his time,
witnessing Wang Meng’s schemes and the splendor of an enemy state, watching Fu Jian’s ambition to unite the realm and the heroes who waited for their chance to rise.
When the Battle of Fei River brought everything crashing down, a Yan halberd became both his weapon of protection and slaughter, and the embodiment of his unyielding resolve to revive Great Yan.
Through one man’s subjective perspective, the novel weaves together a cast of figures from a turbulent age: generals, ministers, traitors, and displaced commoners.
It tells of the bloody battlefield and the partings and reunions of family and country.
Murong Chui is both a witness to history and the observer surveying this entire epic of a chaotic age.
