A Republican-era game of “catch the spy,” a real-life game of Werewolf, where even the clever may not survive to the end.
In 1938, Beiping fell.
Du Wangxuan, a modern-day doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, is reborn into a chaotic age. He practices medicine at Baicao Hall to keep out of harm's way.
After a chance encounter with an underground Communist organization, he resolutely turns his pharmacy into a base and takes on the vital task of passing along intelligence.
Herb names become secret signals, and medical consultations provide the perfect cover.
He must deal with suspicious Japanese military agents while guarding against self-serving traitors and unpredictable forces within the underworld.
With the nation occupied and Japanese invaders trampling its soil, there is no System, no golden finger.
Only a heart full of patriotic fervor and the hopes his organization has placed on his shoulders.
From one little pharmacy, he connects the underground network across North China.
He conceals thunder in the silence and safeguards his country in the face of despair.
This is an untold story of underground resistance, set in a pharmacy in Beiping.
