Four lost soldiers venture deep into the mountains in a desperate attempt to rejoin their battalion… a construction site is plagued by strange and frightening events… five young vloggers explore an abandoned vacation village, their viewership virally increasing as they put themselves into greater danger… These three seemingly unrelated stories are revealed to be connected by a soldier’s diary. In addition to sinister storytelling and dramatic tension, Gala incorporates historical elements from the close of the Chinese civil war. The despair of the lost ROC soldiers wandering on the Burmese borderlands casts the events of the novel in a tragically introspective light, layering this tale of horror and suspense with historical resonances and reflections on human nature.