Temple Without Lights

"Temple Without a Light" is a supernatural horror novel set in the remote southern town "Wuxikou Town" in 2010. Mo Xiaoye, a poor high school student, was told that his mother, Zhou Qin, had died in childbirth. However, on a rainy night, he was informed by Liao Chen, a monk from the Wudeng Temple, that his mother was not dead. This also involved the family's hidden fortune. In order to find the truth, Mo Xiaoye went to the eerie lampless temple without telling his father, Mo Jianqiang, who is a heavy smoker. There was no sunlight in the temple, the pilgrims behaved stiffly, and they worshiped faceless wooden statues. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that his father has hidden Zhou family's old belongings and secrets. The identity of Monk Liaochen, his mother's life and death, and the family's "fire disaster" gradually intertwine into a thriller and mystery, and obsession and fear continue to spread in the shadow of the cold temple.