A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with
the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to The Art of
Prophecy, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic from the #1
New York Times bestselling author Wesley Chu.
Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the
Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king.
But the prophecy was wrong.
Now Jian, the former chosen hero, is just an ordinary young man trying
to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary destiny,
because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who
instructs him in the ways of her family's powerful war art. Jian still
has a long way to go before he can become her heir, so she recruits a
band of elderly grandmasters who come out of retirement to whip him into
shape and help with this one last job.
And there are others who are also seeking their own destiny, like
Qisami, an assassin on a secret mission to protect a powerful noblewoman
from her enemies. But as Qisami goes undercover to complete her mission,
she takes on a new identity that gives her something she never had
before: friendship, found family, and new purpose.
Sali also thought her fate was laid before her. She was supposed to be
looking for the next Eternal Khan and now finds her clan exiled from
everything she's ever known. As she leads the survivors in search of a
new home, Sali discovers that she's something she never thought she
could be: a leader and a revolutionary.
Because sometimes destiny is grander than any prophecy can foresee. And
the greatest destiny of all is the one you choose for yourself.
