The Saint Mary Jane is a ship sailing across the Sea of the Netherworld, with a complicated crew, each harboring their own agenda.
Li Chiya accepts a confidential bounty from the Alliance: accompany the passengers aboard the Saint Mary Jane to the fabled uninhabited realm and retrieve the “Heart of Mist and Rain.”
As she spends time with the others, Li Chiya discovers that every one of them is hiding a huge mystery!
But before she can start investigating, the Saint Mary Jane incurs the wrath of a sea monster. The entire ship breaks apart, and everyone plunges into the sea!
Just then, a mass of gray mist envelops them all.
It turns out this is the only way to reach the legendary uninhabited realm.
Everyone must find a way out of the scenario games revealed by the mist.
Some tasks may be as simple as bending down to pick up a shell that fell on the deck,
while others may be as difficult as leaving the Alliance and finding a new place to live on another planet...
Along the way, they gradually get to know one another and learn to trust each other.
By sheer good fortune, Li Chiya and her friends aboard the Saint Mary Jane solve the mysteries that emerge from the mist and make it through safely.
When they reach the uninhabited realm and obtain the legendary Heart of Mist and Rain,
Li Chiya discovers that the Alliance is not as pure-hearted as it seems.
Caught between the Saint Mary Jane and the Alliance,
which side will Li Chiya choose?
It's a very good book, and quite profound. The author's writing style is excellent.