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

"Are you enemies with Wen Zuofu?" The contented Qiao Fei looked askance at Chen Mu and asked him nonchalantly.

"Wen Zuofu? The Downstream Alliance?" Chen Mu involuntarily frowned. The name made some vague impact on him. He had seen the name in the report that Bogner had given him about the Pascal District. And moreover, the name had been repeated in the report he had just skimmed through that morning.

Hearing what Qiao Fei just said, he guessed what was behind it. She had certainly gotten information from somewhere, but then it would be no wonder that such a deeply rooted power as the House of Qiao would be in a position to get it. Chen Mu could now confirm that the sneak attack the night before had been perpetrated by Wen Zuofu, which was about what Bogner had surmised.

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