Kingdom, Vol. 18

The journey of young orphan Xin's rise to glory as a great general in the Qin kingdom's quest to do what has never been done before--unify China.

Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming a great general, and when his best friend's life is cut short by political machinations, Xin sets off to find a deposed ruler and help restore his place on the throne, while working his way up through the ranks of the Qin kingdom's army to do what no one has ever done before--unify China.

Ying Zheng slips into the Imperial Harem to beg the queen mother, his birth mother, for her help. But he soon learns that she's harboring a dark secret about Ying Zheng's political enemy, the minister of the right Lü Buwei! The political landscape in the palace is shifting violently, and Ying Zheng and his advisers must stop at nothing to keep up!