Jian trudges across a barren planet.
Beyond the planet, black meteorites blanket the sky, and crimson magma occasionally crashes down.
Within the planet, endless waves and storms rage, while strange magical beasts flee helplessly before the might of nature.
A wizard builds a towering observatory amid the vast South Sea.
Birds imprison the ancient corpse of a serpent in the glaciers of the far north.
Goats hide in the forest, while bonfires burn all night at the market.
A scholar steps into the crowd and vanishes without a trace.
"This is my planet." She builds a city beneath the sea. "My one and only planet."
The starry sky is boundless, and space and time spiral endlessly, yet she stays in this one place alone.
◎ Reader's Guide
1. The second volume of Stealing the Gods. It takes place after the Age of Magical Beasts, during the time-jumping period of Hurd.
2. After the previous book didn't go as planned, I think I should probably finish writing the main storyline of the series first and solidify the power system, then fill in and flesh out the side stories.
3. The protagonist is a hardcore mage at the peak of combat prowess, but mentally fragile and easily rattled. They're nonhuman and better at throwing punches than casting spells. They're not good at persuading people and often get hit with devastating verbal attacks.
Premise: Finding one's place within a group
