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The Grandmaster Strategist

谋断九州 · 袖唐

by Xiu Tang

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A brilliant but crippled strategist pulls the strings of a crumbling empire from the shadows.

Political chess at its finest; a NovelUpdates favorite for readers who want brains over brawn. Period terminology, but the plotting carries you.

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