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This is the third book of Li Ximin’s classic magical realism series “Tang Town Trilogy.”

This is a mysterious legend set in contemporary times. In the hot summer of 2010, a handsome young man named Song Miao, who had quit his high-paying job in the big city, came to Tang Town to search for the remains of his grandfather, the painter Song Ke, who had left home many years ago. Mysterious forces guided him, leading him to discover many secrets: a manuscript documenting the hellish life in Tang Town during the Great Famine era when leprosy ravaged

At the same time, unscrupulous real estate developers and corrupt town officials, under the guise of development and renovation, brought bulldozers into the ancient Tang Town, with thugs and demolition teams acting as their accomplices, doing as they pleased. Meanwhile, the police station chief, whose heart burned with the flames of justice, made his choice in response to the call of conscience.