Flames of Reincarnation

Reincarnation in the Flames of War is a fantasy war novel spanning time and space. Beginning with the 1937 massacre at Liuhezhuang in eastern Hebei, it tells a stirring tale of national vengeance and reincarnation. On November 23, 1937, a traitor tipped off the Japanese, who slaughtered more than a hundred villagers at Liuhezhuang. Of the seven members of Li Dafa's family, only his sons Li Dequan and Li Fuquan, who had gone up the mountain to gather firewood, and his daughter-in-law Gong Lina, who fled with her baby, survived. The brothers vowed revenge and went their separate ways: Li Dequan joined the Eighth Route Army, while Li Fuquan enlisted in the Nationalist Army. Both died on the battlefield, their spirits undying. Forty-four years later, in 1981, a baby named Chen Xiaoxu was born in Chenjiagou, Deshun County, Jiangnan, carrying memories of a past life. His body was covered in birthmarks resembling knife scars and bullet wounds, and by the age of three he could describe the horrors of the War of Resistance. In elementary school, he corrected his teacher's account of the war, recounting in detail what he had experienced as Li Dequan, including the events surrounding his death. His classmates were stunned. Media outlets flocked to the story, and Chen Xiaoxu led them back to Liuhezhuang, where they found his nephew, Li Guangcai, now fifty-seven. Their reunion across the boundary between life and death revealed the fantastical truth of reincarnation and the return of the fallen, bringing to light once more a history soaked in blood. Blending real history with fantasy, the novel movingly portrays the Chinese people's indomitable spirit of resistance and the national memory passed down through generations.