Dragonwall
1990 novel by Troy Denning
Dragonwall is a fantasy novel by Troy Denning, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is the second novel in "The Empires Trilogy". It was published in paperback in August 1990.
Characters
Batu Min Ho
Hsuan Yu Po
Wu
Kwan Chan Sen
Ju-Hai Chou
Ting Mei Wan
Kai Tsao Shou Chin
Pitch
Panic invades Shou Lung as the Tuigan army advances inexorably. All attempts to repel the enemy have failed. The emperor himself thus support the young general Batu Min Ho to accomplish the impossible. While Batu and his stepfather develop a secret plan for the army of invading country, his wife Wu and her children in the care of the emperor, soon to discover that senior members of the Bureaucracy is a funny game.
Plot summary
After all attempts by the Minister of War Kwan Chan Sen have failed miserably, Emperor Kai Tsao Shou Chin instructs the General Batu Min Ho to counter the enemy. Tuiganes its origins suggest indeed think the emperor that he can repel the barbarians, but his loyalty is in doubt after the discovery of blatant evidence of treason. This is why his wife Wu and her children are left under the protection of the Emperor, ostensibly for their safety, unofficially as hostages.
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