Where the Snow Ends

She carries the embers of civilization with her, quietly rekindling it in taboos. He held the blade of loyalty in his hand and slashed at his comrades in lies. When the investigator stared at the fire he wanted to destroy - what he saw was his own name that had been lost for three hundred years. There is a secret cultural war, and loyalties are lost. An encounter that begins with a pursuit will eventually expose the bloody lies covering the entire Zhao Kingdom.