Phoenix Dance in the Desert

The Silk Road is broken, the pearl shattered, and Sahara is stained with blood overnight. With her family destroyed, her city fallen, and her country toppled, the former city lord's daughter flees into the desert with a star ring. Behind her are the relentless hounds of the Inquisition; before her is a desperate struggle for survival across thousands of miles of yellow sand. Carrying her brother's bones and hiding her blood feud, she enters Blackstone Beach to seek out her father's remaining generals. She does not act rashly or give in to blind rage. She kills corrupt officials, burns supply depots, frames bandits, and disrupts the border chess game. Using the desert as her hunting ground and schemes as her weapons, she endures, trains her troops, and bides her time. When the Qin banner is raised again, she will use the heads of Hari Shang and the Inquisition's dogs to honor her parents' souls, restore her homeland, and let the desert sands be soaked with the blood of her enemies!