A PAWN IN GRANDER GAMES As emperors generals and kings vie for dominance martial sects mount
bloody clashes to determine who will influence the nations’ leaders. Fallen and humbled former
sect leader Shen Qiao searches for direction in a tumultuous world. He finds an unlikely
companion in the nefarious Yan Wushi. The roguish and powerful demonic practitioner has helped
Shen Qiao begin to rebuild his lost martial abilities. As the two travel and work together the
gentle Daoist master dares to imagine that the famed Demon Lord is warming to him. But all is
not as it seems and old treacheries draw fresh blood. As Shen Qiao confronts dangerous new
enemies the struggle for control of the Central Plains ignites!
