After Qi Tongwei ended his life with a bullet, a strange twist of fate cast him onto Shanghai Island in 1940.
Amid the turmoil of that dark era, he witnessed people who held fast to their beliefs in the shadows and saw the greatness of the human spirit in history.
The backbone that had once bent in submission to power, weakened and broken, stood tall and proud once more under the impact of the Red Tide.
But before the shock had even subsided, he was sent back to Handong, to three months before the incident began.
His experiences on the island became a mirror, turning every choice into a painful struggle.
The two worlds would push him, little by little, down a different path.
