As a young boy, he watched with his own eyes as his mother killed his father, slashed open his father's esophagus, and ripped out his internal organs, blood gushing forth. For the rest of his life, he was manipulated by others; though he appeared free, he was in fact a prisoner of his own circumstances, wandering from one corner of the world to another. Until that incident occurred... In old Shanghai, behind the glitz and glamour lay endless filth and corruption. Meanwhile, a conspiracy fu...

The ultimate purpose of the Object Creator is not to create little lolis!!! Sixteen thousand years ago, a mysterious device called the "Object Creator," discovered by humans on the ocean floor, completely rewrote history. Today, the Object Creator Xiao Huo secretly uses his family's heirloom Object Creator in an abandoned mine shaft, venturing out to collect fluorite energy in order to survive and pursue his dreams-unaware that a crisis threatening the fate of humanity is quietly looming.

Zhao Yunlan heads up a covert division of the Ministry of Public Security that deals with the strange and unusual, blurring the line between the mortal realm and the Netherworld. His cocky, casual attitude conceals both a sharp mind and an arsenal of mystical tools and arcane knowledge. While investigating a gruesome death at a local university, Zhao Yunlan crosses paths with the reserved Professor Shen Wei. Zhao Yunlan is immediately intrigued by Shen Wei’s good looks and intense gaze, an...

When a mysterious illness knocks Zhao Yunlan off his feet, he enjoys being doted on by Shen Wei--until he discovers a grim secret that threatens to tear them apart. However, it's not just their domestic bliss that's on the verge of collapse. The Great Seal is cracking, order itself is about to break down and extinguish all life, and their only hope to stop the destruction is the final Hallowed Artifact: the Soul-Guarding Lamp. But even as the world threatens to crumble around them, Zhao Yu...

"Rouge Street gives voice to an intriguing cast of characters left behind by China’s economic miracle . . . Shuang pulls no punches . . . From start to finish, his scope is close to the ground, his language sparingly emotive and unobtrusive. He never flinches. As a result, we don’t look away either."—Jing Tsu, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)**Introduced by Madeleine Thien...

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Yeonchung City, South City, a shelter connected to the train station. A carload of sick dogs was robbed by "dog lovers", and the nightmare began. Hardcore post-apocalyptic survival, no monsters, no upgrades, no superpowers, refusing to be a holy mother bitch.

Street magician Missy Masters inherited more than the usual genetic cocktail from her estranged grandfather. She also got his preternatural control of shadow and his legacy as the vigilante hero, Mr Mystic. Problem is, being a pulp hero takes more than a good fedora and a knack for witty banter, and Missy lacks the one thing Mr Mystic had: experience. Determined to live up to her birthright, Missy journeys to China to seek the aid of Lung Huang, the ancient master who once guided her grand...

“Wickedly clever, outrageously fun, and bursting with heart.” —Rebecca Mix, New York Times bestselling author of The Ones We BurnA wily young thief must use her wits to survive futuristic, alternate history Beijing in this Les Misérables–inspired young adult cyberpunk “fast-paced heist [that] balances lofty ideals of change with snappy dialogue and pulse-pounding action” (Publishers Weekly).When Zhong Nin...

Set in the shifting landscape of contemporary China, Jack Living's debut story collection, The Dog, explodes the country's cultural and social fault lines.In this riveting, richly imagined collection of stories, a wealthy factory owner - once a rural peasant -refuses to help the victims of an earthquake until his daughter starts a relief effort of her own; a powerful Uyghur gangster clashes with his homosexual grandson; and a man struggles to undertake a physically impossi...

Ethan Sparks is psyched when he lands an assignment as a photojournalist with The Young Explorer Magazine. He's covering his dad's latest archaeological dig in China. While his dad excavates a Terra-Cotta Soldier, Ethan looks for ways to keep his article exciting. But excitement finds him instead. While on a tour of the Great Wall, a sniper attempts to assassinate his father. Ethan barely catches his breath before more trouble comes his way. He encounters a wacko with bloody tear ...

In 1966, as a brutal revolution grips his city, morgue keeper Qing Yuan spends his nights cleaning bodies in silence-until a viciously murdered woman, known only as "#19," shatters his routine, and he becomes entangled in an existential quest to uncover the truth behind her fate.Today, the rapid rise of authoritarianism around the world, with its threats of state control and political persecution, gives plenty of reason for concern here in the United States, and plenty of reason to...