The General's Command

A remote mountain village, a boy of eighteen or nineteen, a worn-out yellow flute, a ragged drunkard, and a legend passed down for a thousand years…

A day filled with lightning and thunder, a strange and unpredictable storm. Why did the battered flute begin to play? Why did the ragged drunkard go mad? Why did the boy’s eyes flash with longing and confusion…

A mysterious old Taoist, a mad monk, an alluring and stern nun in red, and a bizarre tale from the village’s past…

The boy’s origins lead to one sinister turn of events after another…