The Elm Tree (Volume 2) : Winds of Autumn

Much of northern China is now under Japanese control.

In Beiping, food prices are soaring, the people are going hungry and the streets are teeming with refugees.

Chiang Kai-sheks Kuomintang army are holding out in central and southwestern China, unable to land a serious blow on the enemy and squandering precious time fighting the Communists.

Qi Yuexuan, the sole scion of a distinguished family, has forsworn his life of indolence to lead a small band of villagers in resisting the invading forces.

Back in Beiping, his son-in-law Chenglong is prospering, having thrown in his lot with Japanese military intelligence.