Zitan Sacrifice

This is a long realist novel about fate, desire, and betrayal. The protagonist, Yi Jia, sees his crab-trading business fail and falls deep into debt, hitting the lowest point of his life. Yet he brings back to China a rare and precious sample of Indian small-leaf rosewood.

Once redwood manufacturers, collectors, and wholesalers hear about it, they flock to him, eager to get in on this “rosewood road” to riches.

Using the rosewood as his springboard, he builds an international timber-trading network spanning China and India. In just one year, he achieves financial freedom and rises to the top once more.

But his emotional life remains in tatters, constantly torn between love and hate, responsibility and desire. His wife's betrayal, his lover's passion, and his classmate's flirtation leave his judgment wavering.

A man without money has no dignity. But how much is dignity worth?

Rosewood's Sacrifice is not just the story of a businessman's struggle, but a profound ode to human nature, fate, and redemption. Yi Jia uses...

This novel and its characters are purely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental. Do not imitate.