The journey of young orphan Xin’s rise to glory as a great general in the Qin kingdom’s quest to do what has never been done before—unify China.

Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming a great general, and when his best friend’s life is cut short by political machinations, Xin sets off to find a deposed ruler and help restore his place on the throne, while working his way up through the ranks of the Qin kingdom’s army to do what no one has ever done before—unify China.

There is an enemy lurking within the kingdom of Qin’s own court… King Ying Zheng knows exactly who is behind the repeated assassination attempts against his life. When Xin learns who it is, the real question in his mind is why his friend Qiang Lei, who fought with him against the Wei army, is assisting these assassins. The biggest threat to the kingdom of Qin is about to reveal himself…