Guardian of Life and Death
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Summary
The Longxing Avenue reconstruction and expansion project is the core area and main battlefield of municipal construction. All this ensures that the hard struggle commanded by Xin Yifei, who took on the mission at a critical moment and drew attention from many quarters, will not be a "quiet" one.
Obstruction, delay, tripping up, betrayal, desperate struggle... and out of it all emerges a major case of tomb raiding and smuggling that has been hidden for years. Xin Yifei and the various figures who, like him, hold fast to their mission cut through obstacles and take life-and-death shots to pave a great road toward hope, vowing to protect the people's rights and future to the death.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy realist novels about anti-corruption and engineering contests
- Readers who prefer tight pacing and suspense-driven narrative
- Readers concerned with real-world issues such as tomb raiding and smuggling
- Ordinary readers who want to understand the circumstances and sense of responsibility of grassroots builders
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer light comedy, warm slice-of-life, or purely entertaining reading
- Readers with no interest in officialdom or engineering subjects
- Readers expecting purely literary experimental writing
Reading tips
- Read chapter by chapter and watch for the points where the engineering thread and the cultural relics case intersect; the suspense will become clearer.
- When a character faces temptation or framing, pause and imagine how you would choose, then compare with what follows.
- Jot down the demands and relationships of the various factions; with many characters, this helps clarify the contest.
- After finishing, look back at the engineering background in the opening; it will deepen your sense of the weight of the word "guard."
About the publisher
Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 自序
- 一
- 二
- 三
- 四
- 五
- 六
- 七
- 八
- 九
- 十
- 十一
- 十二
- 十三
- 十四
- 十五
- 十六
- 十七
- 十八
- 十九
- 二十
- 二十一
- 二十二
- 二十三
- 二十四
- 二十五
- 二十六
- 二十七
- 二十八
- 二十九
- 三十
- 三十一
- 三十二
- 三十三
- 三十四
- 三十五
- 三十六
- 三十七
- 三十八
- 三十九
- 四十
- 四十一
- 四十二
- 后续
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About the author
Zhang Ping, born in Xi'an in November 1954 with ancestral roots in Xinjiang, Shanxi, is a contemporary writer who began publishing in 1981. He formerly served as vice chairman of the China Writers Association and vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and is known as a "people's writer." His works often focus on real social and public life. Representative works include Tianwang, Jueze, Ambush from Ten Sides, and State Cadres, and his novel Jueze won the fifth Mao Dun Literature Prize. The library holds 15 of his works, spanning law, social fiction, examinations, finance, social culture, and computers. These include legal practice and textbook titles such as Understanding and Applying the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China with Case Commentary and Intellectual Property Law, as well as socially themed fiction such as Guardians of Life and Death. He also follows frontier issues such as open-source software and cyber law, reflecting a dual engagement with literary creation and legal research.
