Reborn: Hunting in the Changbai Mountains, 1962 is a substantial, grounded epic set in a bygone era. In the winter of 1962, 58-year-old entrepreneur Lin Guodong is reborn as the son of a hunter from a starving family at the foot of the Changbai Mountains. Drawing on the wisdom of his past life and the hunting instincts awakened in his blood, he leads his family in the struggle to survive the famine. It begins with a precisely executed hunt, then he discovers rare medicinal herbs and forms a hunting party, building up his first capital in the gaps of the planned economy.
But when he discovers an abandoned mine deep in the mountains, marked with his family crest, a buried family history gradually comes to light. The Lin family were no ordinary hunters: for generations, they had been the “Guardians of the Mountain,” protecting its forests and mineral veins. During the Republican era, his great-grandfather blew up the mine to prevent the Japanese from triggering a flood by mining there, and the family went into hiding. Now, a lone wolf prowling the mine, the copper key his father fingers late at night, and strange items turning up at the purchasing station all point to the same secret: a taboo paid for with two hundred lives.
This is not only one man's rise after being reborn, but also a family's century-long vigil, a profound tale of responsibility, legacy, and redemption. When the tide of commerce collides with the taboos of the mountains, and the wisdom of a past life meets the call of blood, how will Lin Chen leave his mark on this snow-covered black earth?
