Wei Li

In a kingdom engaged in a political and martial struggle, a gravely injured military Commander devises a complex, treasonous plan involving his wife and a peasant look-alike known only as "The Shadow." Trained from a young age to deceive the court, the Shadow must now impersonate the Commander to challenge a rival general to a duel, setting the stage for a spectacular battle in the pouring rain that conceals a deadly power struggle for control of the kingdom.

In the parched desert landscape of northwest China, peasant Zhang Meili founds a school, determined to give her students a chance at a better life. When Xia Yu, a cultured volunteer teacher from Beijing arrives to help her out, these two women from strikingly different backgrounds discover that they share the same goal: to help a generation of disadvantaged children overcome a legacy of poverty and lost opportunities with the most precious and valuable gift there is: education. (cduniverse.com)

A family is torn apart over the absence of a marriage certificate.