She ended the war and now she's at the throat of her Empress! And besides, she's at war with herself...
It was thanks to Rina that the Nikan Empire did not lose the Third Poppy War, but both its inhabitants and the young shaman herself, tormented by nightmares and the insistent call of the Phoenix God for more blood, paid heavily for the victory. Addiction to opium, which she uses to tame the fire inside her, has turned this fearsome warrior into a wreck. But the desire to take revenge on the hated Empress is stronger. As a result, Rin and the surviving members of the tch'-kche unit, which has become the heroine's new family, take up arms again and, under the command of the military administrator of the Dragon Province, seek to overthrow the ruler of Nikan and proclaim a new republic. But the dreaded Viper will be a powerful rival, and her opponents may not find the will to deprive her of her throne. And moreover - do the subjects even want the old order to end in the name of fake democracy? Only one thing is certain: there is nothing Rin wouldn't sacrifice for her country and revenge.
In the middle part of the award-winning Macao War trilogy, the author takes inspiration from modern Chinese history and plunges her heroes into the maelstrom of revolution.
