(W) Yasuhisa Hara. Xin's quest begins when his friend Piao* another war orphan who shares his dream of becoming a great general* is taken away by a mysterious minister to the capital* and Xin is left to work and train on his own. But one fateful night* Piao returns bloodied and on the brink of death* with his dying words being for Xin to carry on their dreams and meet a certain person in a nearby village. Xin rushes to fulfill Piao's final request* only to meet a boy who looks exactly like Piao. But this is no ordinary boy-it's the king of Qin* Ying Zheng! And assassins are hot on his tail! For older teen audiences.