Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.
The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.

A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette's first love...and first betrayal.

But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a...

这部惊心动魄的处女作非常适合《最后的魔术师》和《鹤的后裔》的粉丝，它是一部充满想象力的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的重述，故事发生在20世纪20年代的上海，有敌对的帮派和黄浦江深处的怪物。

这一年是1926年，上海在放荡不羁的旋律中嗡嗡作响。

两个帮派之间的血腥争斗使街道变得红红火火，使整个城市在混乱中束手无策。这一切的核心是18岁的朱丽叶-蔡，一个曾经的艳舞女郎，她回来承担了她作为血色帮派--一个远远高于法律的犯罪网络--的骄傲的继承人角色。他们唯一的权力对手是白花帮，他们世代与血色帮派对抗。他们的一举一动背后都有他们的继承人Roma Montagov，Juliette的初恋......和第一次背叛。

但是，当双方的黑帮都出现了不稳定的迹象，最终导致他们自相残杀时，人们开始窃窃私语。一种传染病，一种疯狂。一个...