Changping Weiyang

Archaeology doctoral student Lin Zhao unearths a Han Dynasty jade pendant in a desolate village in the Qinling Mountains. With a slip of his hand, the pendant shatters. A blade is pressed against his neck. The blade is named Jingzhe, and its wielder calls himself—Bai Qi. The Lord Wu'an who buried 400,000 Zhao soldiers alive, wearing a Uniqlo hoodie, has waited in the mortal world for 2,200 years. 'Help me finish that battle,' he says, 'the Battle of Changping.' Lin Zhao thinks he's gone mad. Until the blue light from the broken jade engulfs him, and when he opens his eyes again, he is a Qin soldier—skinny, hands covered in dirt, standing in the autumn of 260 BC. The 400,000 Zhao troops have been without food for 46 days, killing and eating each other. Bai Qi lies sleepless in his command tent, suspicion from the court cuts like a knife, behind him are the king's urgent orders for battle, and before him are countless desperate eyes in the valley. An archaeology PhD, a Warring States god of slaughter. Can a 2,000-year gap in knowledge save 400,000 lives? This battle, he will fight alongside Bai Qi, one more time.