CAPITAL UNDER SIEGE With the Westerners and their allies pressing in on all sides the empire
of Great Liang enters its darkest hour. Under these desperate conditions Gu Yun leads the
beleaguered Black Iron Battalion to hold the borders. Meanwhile Chang Geng makes his move in
the imperial court sweeping corrupt officials aside in an effort to stabilize the nation
before it’s too late. As the two struggle to hold the tattered pieces of the empire together
Gu Yun uncovers a shocking truth about the curse slowly tightening its grip on Chang Geng’s
mind. But are the deepest secrets of Cheng Geng’s past enough to move even the iron heart of
the nation’s most fearsome general?
