The year was 672 BC and Princess Liji was married into the clan of Jin. The Duke promised her a lifetime of luxurious comfort, but her big heart and lust for adventure led her to leave the Palace of Ethernal Flight just days after her wedding, and ride deep into the southern region of Jin with Crown Prince Nine-Lives and the royal envoy, in order to rescue the Prince Double-Ears from Jin's conniving warring states neighbors.
Little did Liji know that the convoy would be greeted by mysterious attackers in Houma, a major post-station on the way. Her companion Zeus was kidnapped, their party was broken up, and Crown Prince Nine-Lives was deceived by their leader to enter the famous Death Valley where dangers awaited in search of her.
Liji must use her wit to keep herself and her friends alive in the shadows.
Read the Valley of Death to find out what happened.
Dear readers, this is an ancient historical romance with dramatizations of actual historical events about the legendary Princess Liji from Lirong. She was named one of the four most vicious beauties in ancient Chinese history. All the main characters in the story were also real.
Note that this is Book 6 of the series and it ends with a cliffhanger. The whole series will span nearly twenty years of Liji's amazing life.
