“Your writing has more power than anyone else’s.”
Lin Yan always thought his grandfather was just saying that to make him feel better.
(Writing can slay demons.) This is a story about seeing, understanding, and protecting.
Lin Yan isn’t a hero in the traditional sense. He doesn’t kill evil spirits; he helps them cross over. He believes every lost soul just needs a home.
The mountain god isn’t a deity in the traditional sense. He can be lonely, he can be afraid, and someone’s arrival can make him feel that “even a god doesn’t have to be lonely.”
Cai He, Hejian, the three little ones, Xiao An… Every character finds their place in the story.
This isn’t a story about fighting, even though there’s plenty of fighting.
It’s a story about “going home.”
