Luo Guanzhong Books in Order

As the Han dynasty disintegrates, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu form a brotherhood amid rebellion and competing warlords. This opening volume follows their struggle to preserve loyalty and survive in a country torn by ambition and betrayal.

Liu Bei gains a formidable adviser whose ingenuity transforms his military prospects. In the second volume of this historical epic, strategy, alliances, and deception shape the continuing contest for power among rival forces in a fractured China.

The concluding volume brings the struggles surrounding Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu toward their resolution. Rival kingdoms continue their contest for supremacy, as military campaigns, shifting loyalties, and the consequences of ambition determine the fate of China.

Following the collapse of Han authority, rival leaders compete to control China through warfare, diplomacy, and deception. This historical epic intertwines the ambitions of competing kingdoms with the loyalties, rivalries, and sacrifices of their generals and advisers.

Supernatural beings and human rebels become entangled in a revolt against the Song dynasty. Combining sorcery, comic episodes, and political conflict, this early Chinese novel transforms a historical uprising into a fantastical examination of power, disorder, and corruption.