He is the safest hostage in Nanjiang. For eighteen years, he has played the fool, and the whole world thinks he’s useless.
He is the frailest crown prince in Nanjiang. He won’t live past twenty-five, and every official at court is waiting for him to die.
Every winter solstice, the crown prince offers the hostage a cup of wine. It is their only connection.
Until the eighteenth winter solstice, when the crown prince knocks on the hostage’s door in the middle of the night.
Theme: Redemption
