The Stormy Mountain of Women

A bloody murder and robbery case on the ancient post road at Women Mountain in the late Qing remains unsolved, and the identity of the killer is shrouded in mystery.

During the Republic of China era, banditry plagued the Women Mountain region year after year. Local powers fought for dominance, and warlords clashed in battle, leaving the people to suffer devastation.

Through eight years of resistance against Japan, the people of Women Mountain were stirred by love for their country and home.

On the eve of liberation, turmoil in western Hunan's military and political circles bore witness to the reactionary forces teetering on the brink of collapse.

The life-and-death struggle at Women Mountain between the Western Hunan Liberation Advance Column and the reactionary forces' Provisional National Salvation Army foretold the inevitable triumph of revolutionary forces in remaking the world.

From the late Qing to the new society, Women Mountain was a stage for every facet of life and the tangled grievances and passions of its countless inhabitants.

Through a century and a half of storms and upheaval, the killer behind the late Qing murder and robbery on Women Mountain's ancient post road, a case dating back to the Tongzhi era, finally comes to light amid the rise and fall of the fourth branch of the Xia family at Qingshan Stronghold...

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