Spring Moon, born in 1892 into the privileged House of Chang, grows up in China in a time of political upheaval and social change, moving toward the destiny prophesized at her birth.
Beginning in 1892 when the slave girl of the child Spring Moon takes revenge on the House of Chang, this novel reveals the world of the inner courts in traditional China.
Centers on the life of Spring Moon beginning with her childhood in China in 1892 in the House of Chang and following her through social changes and revolution to the early 1970's.