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

<p>Chen Mu's gaze fell onto the three of them. He recognized Dang Han, of course, but Chen Mu was rather surprised when he saw him so respectfully following the woman wearing the veil. It looked like Dang Han was that mysterious woman's valet, and even the bronze-masked man's position seemed higher than his. What was most inconceivable to Chen Mu was that he kept feeling like that woman was familiar. Was it someone he knew?</p>

<p>Chen Mu was inwardly shaking his head since he knew no one in the Heavenly Drum Village District. But why did she look so familiar? When he looked at the veil on the woman's face, he found it strange that several women seemed to like to wear veils.</p>

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