When a good-for-nothing art student unexpectedly awakens the “Golden Eyes,” he unearths a lost civilization from deep in the deserts of Xinjiang, strikes it rich finding treasures at antique markets, and makes waves in the world of jade. This is no ordinary treasure-appraisal novel: it is a golden legend of the desert.
Set in modern-day Xinjiang, the story unfolds in real places including Urumqi, Hotan, Kashgar, and Turpan. This land holds fragments of a thousand years of Silk Road civilization: Loulan’s broken slips, Jingjue’s bronze mirrors, Gaochang’s murals, and Kucha’s Buddhist scriptures... Countless treasures lie sleeping beneath the shifting sands or circulate through the hidden alleys of the bazaars. Xinjiang is also China’s largest jade-producing region. Hetian jade, golden silk jade, Gobi color jade... Behind every stone lie both fortune and deadly danger.
This is a world where a keen eye rules: between authenticity and forgery, heaven and hell are separated by a hair’s breadth. But the protagonist’s “Golden Eyes” will shatter every rule.
