A story of Lien, the albino Celestial, at her first meeting with Napoleon."In Autumn, a White Dragon Looks over the Wide River" is a short story taking place during Black Powder War. It was first printed in 2009 at the end of In His Majesty's Service, a US omnibus reprint of His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War. It also appears in the 2010 multi-author anthology Wings of Fire.