An Imperishable Will

Chapter 1: The Mournful Chirping of Cicada
In the blistering summer of 1944, sixty-four-year-old Zhao Defa sits alone in his desolate courtyard, haunted by the massacre of his family and the prolonged absence of his son, Tiezhu, who left to fight with the resistance. The oppressive heat and quiet mourning are violently shattered when Japanese military police kick down his door...