Fang Xiang

This is both a work of science fiction and an exploration of the meaning of life, love, literature and art. Brainpower is no longer the main ingredient for being human in this far distant future world.  Spirituality, physical balance, and diligence all come together as integrity for Chen Mu, the Card Apprentice.  The cards which Chen Mu masters in his own scrappy way, distill all the powers of the cosmos –  human and nonhuman –  into something that is not a book, not technology, and neither art nor magic, but is these and more.  Learn about these strange cards, which can embody everything you might imagine for the future of technology, but also a future beyond technology which promotes the best, and sometimes the worst, from mankind’s past.

The Card Apprentice

The party continued on without a pause.

That road… No, it couldn't accurately be called a road. The places they passed over looked no different than the rest of the Outer Reaches. Bogner seemed familiar with the place, not even needing supplementary equipment to be able to easily tell the direction. He knew where the wells were and where there would be a cave, which meant no one doubted the guy had really gone that way before. Xi Ping had already joked about that with him, though Bogner couldn't help but show his disdain for jungle card artisans.

"Are they weak?" Chen Mu asked, finding it strange. As he saw it, just to be able to exist in the jungle would require a certain amount of strength.

Looking Off into the Distance