A Prisoner Takes Power, a Craftsman Slave Tends the Furnace

When Shen Yan jumped from the city wall clutching half a piece of copper, he thought he was as good as dead. He woke up in an enemy kingdom's death cell, charged with being a spy and sentenced to execution in three days. Elsewhere, Su Ling woke up clutching the other half of the copper, in a camp for enslaved artisans at the grassland royal court. One wielded the law like a blade in a death cell; the other treated iron as life before the furnace. Three years later, at the border market, a wall of people stood between them. She spoke half a sentence, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.