Vermilion Shadows

A story of power, loyalty, and the secrets that shape empires.

Ku Wen-hsing was nine years old when his father sent him to the Imperial Palace. In the agonizing days after the surgery that made him a eunuch, he learned his first lesson: every door that opens demands a price.

Assigned to serve Prince Xuanye, a quiet, thoughtful boy never meant to rule, Ku Wen-hsing watches as fate intervenes. When the deadly Tianhua curse sweeps through the palace, Xuanye alone survives, and his dying father...