This is a sweeping novel whose story begins in the late Qing and early Republican eras and ends with the founding of New China, spanning a hundred years across time. Across three generations, it traces the feudal era, the Republic of China, and the founding of New China, as generations of revolutionaries give their lives and shed their blood. The plot twists and turns, rising and falling dramatically. How many men fight to change their fate? How many women, left alone at home, carry on the revolutionary cause while raising their children and stubbornly enduring, refusing to give in?
The story moves between scenes from the Qing dynasty, episodes from the Republic of China, and romances from the early years of New China. It features childhood games, the loves and rivalries of young people, hand-to-hand fights, and intense gun battles. Through flashbacks and shifts in chronology, the story unfolds like an opened kaleidoscope, dazzling and impossible to look away from!
