A jade pendant sends modern woman Ai Yuan to transmigrate into the turbulent Republic of China era. From hunger and cold on the streets of Beiping, to the shadowy spy wars of Chongqing, and finally to a lonely vigil across the divide between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, she wields poetry as a blade and ancient books as a shield, safeguarding the spark of civilization amid the flames of war.
She witnesses Shen Muyuan’s passionate sacrifice and struggles between duty and love with Song Huaijin. Branded a “traitor,” she still fulfills a secret charge. In the end, this “chronicler of humanity” devotes her life to writing Traces Across the Strait, letting poetry span a century and illuminate a people’s suffering and resilience.
