The Young Dragon-and-Phoenix Sniper

This book combines deduction and sniping, telling the story of two teenagers who face enemy snipers in a brutal war, hunt down a mole in their base, and grow into snipers. Long Xiaoguang, a martyr's descendant, is sixteen by Chinese reckoning. Sheltered by his father's comrades, he prides himself on knowing medicine, speaking Japanese, and having a steady aim. Constantly getting into trouble, he stands out from the crowd. Mei Feng, the daughter of a Nationalist Army lieutenant colonel, is fourteen by Chinese reckoning. Gifted and good-natured, she clings to her father before the war to learn how to shoot, determined to prove herself. While fleeing with her mother, she becomes close friends with Long Xiaoguang, who then talks her into joining the army. On their way to enlist, they happen upon Japanese soldiers raiding a New Fourth Army supply base. Thus begins the extraordinary story of their growth. The Dragon and Phoenix duo work together in perfect harmony. Tempered by war, they become the “Twin Fiends,” a name that strikes fear into Japanese soldiers and Chinese collaborators alike... This book is a sequel of sorts to the author's earlier novel, Dushan Soul, and a new chapter in the War of Resistance against Japan.