The Human Meat Grinder

The sweeping novel Human Meat Mill portrays the Huang Chao Rebellion in all its tumultuous grandeur. The siege of Chenzhou, from the fifth lunar month of 883 to the fourth month of the following year, and the use of human flesh as military rations form the story's central climax and a crucible of human nature. The novel focuses on the corruption and struggles of humanity in extreme circumstances, exploring how power, hunger, and despair trample the limits of civilization, and how thin the line is between a hero and a tyrant. Through the perspective of the complex figure Huang Chao, it shows how the ideals of a rebellion mutate into horrifying atrocities, and how the siege of Chenzhou became a symbol of the rebellion's complete transformation...