In the frozen wastelands of northern China, a dangerous game of love and deception unfolds. You are Lu Chang, a Han scholar hiding as a spy in the camp of Nurhachi, the rising Manchu leader. Your mission: gather intelligence on his secret weapons program. But as passion ignites between you and the powerful warrior chieftain, loyalty and desire wage war in your heart. Will duty bind you to the Ming court, or will forbidden love lead you down a path of treason and passion?