Daomu Biji, The Southern Archives

by Lei Xu

This is a Daomu Biji Side Story.

Summary:

From 1877 to 1878, droughts occurred in nine Chinese provinces, accompanied by thirty-two other disasters. Those affected accounted for half of the country’s population. During this year, China quickly became a cannibalistic hell. This period became known as Dingwu Qihuang. Dingwu Qihuang started with a drought and ended with a plague that spread from China to all of Southeast Asia, lasting for nearly half a century. Our story takes place in this period. The plague in the southern jungle, the truth about Dingwu Qihuang, a father and daughter…

(Aka, Little Brother Zhang’s story)

441 pages, Unknown Binding

Reviews

[J.S.A. Lowe · Rating 3 out of 5]

how do you give a rating to a novel that's not finished? but is slowly being finished, 2 episodes every night, courtesy of iqiyi, some crackerjack actors, and a shit ton of cash? xu lei, when i get you. WHEN I GET YOU. (you're on thin ice, son. i could afford a one-way ticket to hangzhou. it's not that big of a city. i have some time.)

[Pascale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, done and not done. It's the end but the book is not finished. Maybe one day. I liked the story. Zhang Haiyan is quite the character LOL

[Kamila]

DNF at 70%

I really wanted to like it. Premise was sooo goood.

#justice_for_Zhang_Haixia