Xiao Xian, the Marquis of Champion and the finest general Great Xia ever produced, dies without warning. He wakes in his own tomb to find the world has moved on by more than a century, and that both his dynasty and the Xiao clan met a brutal end in his absence. Refusing to accept the history he has been handed, he sets out to uncover the truth behind his death, drive back the invaders at the border, purge the traitors inside the court, and restore his family and his country before either is lost for good.