The Tigers of Jiangdong

In the Yongjia era, the southward migration buried the old homeland and its records beneath the dust. Liu Yu, a humble sandal seller in Jingkou, wanted nothing more than to stay in his hometown and live in peace. When the He family seized his land, a cult took over his village, and the Wang clan of Langya pursued the surviving bloodline of the previous dynasty, a century-old secret about the Liu family dragged him into the maelstrom of chaos. His fortified manor was small, his food and troops scarce, and the people around him uncertain. A blind fortune-teller said he bore the spirit of a dragon and tiger, but the road ahead was paved with blood and blades. Should he hunker down in his tiny stronghold and await his doom, or head north with a blade in hand, shoulder the burden of his bloodline, and take on the great clans of Jiangnan and their hundred thousand followers? Where his blade falls, flames of war spread across the rivers. A commoner enters the fray and stirs the late Jin dynasty into turmoil.