"We're all going to die. What is there left to hold on to?"
"It's no different from before. We fight until one of us is dead."
"When it doesn't affect them, they laugh at people for meddling. When they're in trouble, they blame others for not trying hard enough."
"If I don't kill him today, he might kill me tomorrow."
"My abilities are limited. I can't help everyone."
"So many people have gone before you. What good will it do if you throw yourself in too?"
"Exactly. There's only one more tall guy left to throw in, and that's me. Remember to burn me gold ingots. So many people have died that prices in the underworld must be soaring."
I'm no hero, but I will always yearn for heroes.
Heroes never die. Civilization never falls.
The blurb is provisional. Everything is provisional.
The third book in the Shanhai series, an apocalypse and wasteland story.
Theme: Heroes never die. Civilization never falls.
