[Western fantasy + ensemble cast + thoughtful storytelling + no System + a touch of Cthulhu + slow burn]
This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. If that bothers you, please don’t read on.
A blue pill leads to a supernatural world; a green pill brings limitless wealth.
The names of the Twelve Zodiac Houses converge here, and secret deals are struck. The truth of the world, the supernatural, the undercurrents of an era… gradually come to light.
The fish shadows gliding quietly in the eyes of the two seem to suggest that their arrival was no accident: they are the central players in a drama spanning the ages.
The old mirror is shattered, and the long river flows on… This is the end of the ordinary, and the opening chapter of the “Watcher’s Journal.”
All can see that at the river’s peak, above its ceaseless current and encircled by twelve long swords, stands a twin deity. It sets the [Rules], sorts out [Errors], and observes [Fate].
It brought ordinariness to the world, and wrote the final words of the “Watcher’s Journal” with its own hand.
