Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for this eARC! Jun, a young boy from the East is trained in martial arts alongside his twin brother by their father. His brother is breath marked, meaning he has a special power bestowed on him and he will one day be taken to be an Aspect. Jun is not breathmarked, but is a skilled martial artist all the same. On the day his twin brother is taken, Jun reveals the family secret and is exiled alongside his father to the West, where martial arts is not only legal but encouraged. Jun grows up and intends to one day be the Guardian of the Scroll of Heaven, by winning a tournament. After he is denied entrance by his father, Jun stows away on a local performer’s caravan on the way to the capital. What unfolds is not only a story of one boy’s rise to greatness, but the unraveling of a much bigger political plot that speaks to the separation of East and West and the foundation of the Empire itself. This is my second Fonda Lee story and I really like her style of writing! I cannot speak to how much of this story is really based on Bruce Lee nor can I speak to Shannon Lee as an author, but this story is engaging and not a formulaic YA fantasy story. There are some pretty high stakes and political tension throughout that was well explained and believable. The last 25% went a little crazy and was explosive and violent for being a YA novel. Overall, This was a very strong book and the ending was engaging enough that I will definitely be checking out the sequel!