In this latest work by Lord of the Mysteries author, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, be prepared for a well-thought out and detailed apocalyptic, cyberpunk world with a setting superseding Lord of the Mysteries! Our protagonist, Shang Jianyao, is crazy—literally crazy, at least that’s what the doctors said. Living in a huge, underground building of Pangu Biology, one of the few remaining factions in this apocalyptic wasteland known as the Ashlands, he acts in unfathomable ways that’s head-scratching, comical, and shrewd. So is he really crazy? Probably. He has a grand dream: to save all of humanity. Intricately tied to this dream is something everyone in the Ashlands believes in: Deep in a particular ruin buried away by danger and famine, a path leading to a new world awaits. To step into the new world, one only needs to find a special key and open that certain door. There, the land is bountiful, as if milk and honey flows freely. The sunlight is dazzling, as if all coldness and darkness are washed away. The people will no longer have to face desolation, monsters, infections, mutations, and all kinds of dangers. There, children are joyous, adults are happy, everything is fine as they are supposed to be. Every Antiquarian, Ruin Hunter, and Historian roaming the Ashlands knows: That’s the New World.
Cuttlefish That Loves Diving also publishes under the Chinese pen name 爱潜水的乌贼. Yen Press credits this author with Lord of Mysteries, Catalog of Destruction and Throne of Magical Arcana.
Klein can host an occult gathering with scraps of knowledge. Getting a saucepan of mutton past his sister's household accounts is another matter. The first twelve chapters turn small discrepancies into a wonderfully persistent form of suspense.
Ding Songyan wakes in a ruined temple with no useful memories of his new life. Getting home brings a sister, a very unusual brother—and evidence that someone expected him to stay dead.
The available synopsis is the starting point for choosing Grinding to the Martial Sage from the White Ape Fist. Read the first chapter to test its voice and the gap between its advertised premise and the reading experience; we have not assessed pacing, characterization or later payoffs.
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The available synopsis is the starting point for choosing Lord of Mysteries 2: Circle of Inevitability. Read the first chapter to test its voice and the gap between its advertised premise and the reading experience; we have not assessed pacing, characterization or later payoffs.
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