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

"Report! The 76th squadron responsible for sealing off Snow Edge Valley has met with enemies who have been identified as the Snow Silkworms Card Artisan Team after investigation. Squadron leader Chai Jun has forced them to retreat into the valley."

"Oh." Su Heiming narrowed his bewitching brown eyes, smiling as he turned to the middle-aged man next to him and said, "This Chai Jun is quite opinionated."

The middle-aged man smiled, "It's fine. Young people need the experience anyways."

Cardless Sect Artisans