Under Heaven

23 hrs. 31 min.

Language Russian

Author Guy Gavriel Kay

Narrator Igor Knyazev

Description

Twenty years ago, another war between the Empire of Kitai and the realm of the Tagur ended. Peace treaties were signed, both sides exchanged rich gifts, and one of the daughters of the Son of Heaven became the wife of the Emperor of Tagur. But what is that to the hundred thousand fallen warriors of both armies, whose bodies remained lying on the shores of Lake Kuala Nor, lost in the mountains on the border of the two empires? One hundred thousand souls, denied rest without a worthy burial, possessed by grief, rage, and longing...

The renowned Kitai general Shen Gao considered this slaughter meaningless. And so, after his death, the general’s second son, Tai, in order to honor his father’s memory, withdraws into voluntary seclusion for two years on the field of that old battle, so as to commit the remains of the dead to the earth — both his own and the enemy’s. For his labor he expects neither gratitude, nor honors, nor rewards. But such is the way of the world beneath the canopy of the nine heavens: at the most unexpected moment it may offer you gifts or poison in a precious cup...