Tongue of Flame

[Northeastern China underworld drama] + [street-level heroes] + [heart-wrenching growth] [urban action] + [a reversal of fate] + [reckless hothead]

My name is Chen Mo. I was born in Shenyang, in Northeast China.

My grandfather, who made a living collecting scrap, found me in a cardboard box after selling off some recyclables.

He raised me for over a decade. I “repaid” him with a notice expelling me from school.

After he died, I had no family left in this world.

It wasn't until the day I visited his grave that I discovered the person who had stuffed me into a box and abandoned me all those years ago had been watching me from the shadows the whole time...

Don't give me any of that formulaic crap.

I might count to three and let you run, or I might knock you flat at one.

This is the story of a “wolf cub” growing up with bared teeth.

What you're reading isn't a novel. It's the life I've laid on the line.