What lengths will you go to conquer the world? Zhu won a resounding victory and is now planning to seize the imperial throne. But she is not the only one with ambitions of this magnitude. The courtesan Lady Zhang wants the throne for her husband, and she is powerful enough to wipe Zhu off the face of the earth. Zhu will have to risk a dangerous alliance with an old enemy - the talented but unpredictable eunuch general Oyuan, who has already sacrificed everything for the chance to take revenge on the Great Khan, the killer of his father. There is another contender who has approached the throne dangerously close. The widely despised scholar Wang Baoxiang has arrived in the capital, and his deadly court games threaten to bring the empire to its knees. Baoxiang is eager to become the most terrible Great Khan in history and thereby discredit the values of the Mongol warriors, which his family revered more than Baoxiang himself. Everyone is determined to achieve victory. But when desire overshadows the whole world, the price may be too great even for the most ruthless heart...

© M. Smirnova, translation into Russian, 2024© Edition in Russian, design. Eksmo Publishing House LLC, 2024ISBN 978-5-04-194590-9