Tales of the Jianghu: Nie Lei of Qin Island

This is a story where untamed growth intertwines with the reshaping of order. After a property developer defaulted on millions in construction payments, a ruthless enforcer from Mocheng unleashed a savage revenge, reducing six buildings under construction to rubble overnight. With nowhere else to turn, the developer sought help from Nie Lei, a big shot in the southern part of the city, but Nie publicly denounced and threw him out for being in the wrong.

At his most desperate, Shi Dianlin, a driver who had long kept his head down and bided his time, stepped forward. He rallied five hard men from the bottom of society. The six of them alone launched a thunderous frontal assault and crushed Li Yan's seventy-man armed force, becoming legends overnight and completely reshaping Qindao's underworld.

But just as Shi Dianlin thought he had reached the top, Nie Lei, the true power broker, had only just entered the game. Nie Lei's forceful intervention brought Shi Dianyin's ambition into direct conflict with Nie Lei's rules. From street-level bloodshed to battles over capital, this is more than a struggle for territory. It is a tragic elegy for a nobody daring to challenge the order of the underworld.

"On the streets, brotherhood means following the rules."

With a stark, unsentimental touch, this book portrays Nie Lei as a complex man of deep feeling and recounts a bleak tale that runs from bloody chaos to its final settling into dust.