A blizzard swept across the Northeast. State-owned enterprises collapsed, and chaos cast its shadow.
Chen Chuang, the son of a model worker at a steel mill, had wanted nothing more than a quiet life. But the times and the bullying around him drove him into the underworld. From carving out a place for himself on the streets to controlling both the legal and criminal worlds, he struggled between loyalty and greed, and was ultimately swept up in the crackdown on organized crime.
This is the story of a generation of Northeasterners, their descent and redemption amid the torrents of an era.
