Shen Si is a human trafficker operating in the festering mire of the Golden Triangle. Armed with an SVD and the instincts of a desperate man, he carves a path to safety across the border for the rich and powerful. During one rescue mission, he disrupts certain people’s “business” and brings a death sentence down on himself.
When he returns, exhausted, to his bamboo stilt house shrouded in poisonous mists, the only warmth in his life, Xiaoman, the mute boy he took in, has vanished. All that remains on the table is a scorching shell casing stamped with the mark of the once-infamous “Blood Python.”
To bring Xiaoman home, Shen Si is forced into a jungle labyrinth more dangerous than any smuggling route. The hunter of old has become the prey, and every step is taken on the edge of a knife. Following the Blood Python’s trail, he must face ambushes deep in the jungle, treacherous betrayals, and the consequences of the bloody past that has caught up with him.
When a human trafficker stops transporting others and instead carves a path of blood for someone dear to him, can this rotten soil that breeds sin bloom with redemption? Is the scorching shell casing a harbinger of death, or a sign of hope?
