Racing Up the Ranks: Starting as a Village Cadre

At the seventh bend on the road through Qinghe Town, in the midst of a torrential downpour, Lin Shen grips the steering wheel as mud surges around him. An “Investigation Report” sets the gears of this low-ranking township official's fate spinning in reverse. From poverty-relief ledgers in Shuanglingou to the hidden rare-earth dealings inside modern agricultural greenhouses, from black-gold dust at the mining site to transaction ledgers hidden in a dark room in the county Party committee compound, Lin Shen must carve out a path through the maelstrom of power and rewrite the game of political intrigue.