Publisher's Synopsis
The golden threads of their lives lead to this final quest to unlock the secrets of Mt. Kailash ... but who will survive the hostile physical challenges or the invisible dark manifestations from inside the void. And just as they enter the boundaryless void ... Yufei senses Yufeng in danger ... Yufei fails to find her ... he struggles to rejoin this world ... but the scene before him is frightening beyond words. But then ... something totally unexpected happens that is ... joyous beyond words ... and a new traveler joins them on their pathway ... to the ultimate destiny of all immortals ... eternity.
Capital intrigue, personal revenge, and fate send our legendary heroes on a new journey to fulfill their destiny .... but first they must survive a deadly Kara-buran (black sandstorm) and defeat a large force of jihadi warriors. Only then can they learn the secrets of Mt. Kailash and discover their part in this drama of ... light versus darkness.
At Mt. Kailash, Yufei and Yufeng will make the critical inner journey into the sacred mandala with Yufei's father, Scorpion, and Yufeng's new friend, Qime, a kidnapped and abused Tibetan slave woman they acquire in ChangAn.
To Tibetans, the sacred Mandala represents the harmony of the Tibetan Buddhist universe. But, as they learned in Gobekli Tepe, that harmony was disrupted several millennium ago by dark manifestations.
Since creation, there has been a balance between Light and Dark ... but, over time, that balance has been disrupted. Their aim is to enter the void and hopefully restore balance to the Mandala of the Universe.
