Novels like What Was Lost
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- 101 A Modern Superpower in the Apocalypse 末日中的现代化强国 [Apocalyptic survival + Hardcore military action + Building a home] A biohazard crisis sweeps across the globe. With no superpowers and no System, Hao Hao discovers the law of survival in the apocalypse: all fear comes from a lack of firepower and production capacity. What do you do when facing heavy zombies? Fire a 12.7 mm large-caliber armor-piercing incendiary round. If that doesn’t work, fire a 125 mm armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot round. What about agile zombies? Switch on t 290Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 102 On the Edge of Survival 生存的边缘 A sudden war mercilessly swept through the peaceful city, leaving nothing but devastation and endless screams. With the last of his strength, a father gave his daughter a final warning. “Get out of here. Remember, no matter what happens, you must live bravely.” [Ensemble cast] 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 The Last Fortress 末世孤堡 Chosen by a mysterious power, a group of ordinary people with families survive a worldwide catastrophe that turns people into beasts and zombies. They begin their struggle for survival in a strange shelter. From then on, supernatural events occur one after another. These ordinary people, who went straight from their nine-to-five lives into the apocalypse, must face chaotic rules of survival and undergo a complete shift in ideology. More than that, they must explore the secret blood curse buried 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Surviving the Apocalypse with a System 末世系统求生 Apocalypse + System + Growth + Multiple Female Leads + Vast Worldbuilding In 2030, Blue Star suddenly underwent a transformation. Most of humanity became zombies, the northern permafrost melted, and large numbers of mutant beasts appeared. Qin Hao, a senior at a university in Xiamen who transmigrated from a parallel world, unexpectedly acquired a survival System. At first, he just wanted to live a simple life, but he had no choice but to become enemies with those powerful factions. The Dragon Ki 16Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 105 Plague of Mad Desire 疯欲疫 [Ensemble cast, multiple storylines, and bloody crosses. If it’s not your thing, please don’t flame. Corrections and issues will be addressed over time.] Civilization is a chain that shackles our genes. Humanity lives in dog cages woven from social rules and regulations, each person pretending to tame the beast within and slapping a seal over their instincts. Until disaster struck, so-called social rules were nothing more than cold chains around the beasts’ necks. The moment the signal towers we 581Reads8.1Score103Shelves
- 106 Rebooting the Apocalypse: I Build a Fortress in the End Times 末世重启之我在末日建堡垒 Apocalypse + Frenzied Hoarding of Supplies + Building a Super Fortress A college student receives a warning about the apocalypse: humanity faces the threat of extinction. After Qin Feng receives a mysterious AI warning about doomsday, he starts preparing. Supplies? I’ll hoard them all! No money? I’ve got a super artificial intelligence! He empties Jiangbei City of supplies, moves into a luxury penthouse and turns it into a super fortress. While everyone else is starving and freezing, he’s feasti 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 I Awakened Superpowers, and You Tell Me I'm an Immortal Emperor? 我都觉醒了异能，你告诉我是仙帝 [Three Updates a Night + Dark + Traditional Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Apocalypse + Cultivation Without a System + Superpowers + Cthulhu Mythos + No Saintly Heroine + No Romantic Entanglements] Flame Ability User: I can breathe flames hotter than a thousand degrees and melt anything in the world! Huo Lin: I cultivate immortality, and I have the Samadhi True Fire! Stone-Skin Ability User: I’m impervious to blades and bullets, and immune to water and fire. Nuclear bombs and cannons can’t harm me 9Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 108 Quarantine Zone Files: Blood Plague Besieges the City 封锁区档案：血疫围城 When the shadow of an apocalyptic virus falls over Anle Town, its bustling streets turn into hell in an instant. Photographer Fanfan (Yang Fan); truck driver Zhao Jianguo; dancer Xiao Xi (Liu Yuxi); college student Xiao Hua (Hua Yaotong); police officer Wang Hao; bar owner Grace (Zhang Qian); mercenary “Little Yellowfish”; and doctor Xiao Lü (Yan Xiaolv) are each trapped in this sealed-off hell for their own reasons. They have different experiences and very different personalities, yet the insti 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 I Just Want to Get Through College in Peace! 我只想好好上大学啊！ [Lighthearted Everyday Comedy] + [One Heroine] + [No System] + [Not Reborn] + [Sweet Romance] Lin Chen is Jiangcheng University’s undisputed king of embarrassing himself. On the very first day of school, he barges into the women’s dormitory and gets roasted on the spot by the icy senior Su Yao until his brain practically melts. The next day, he winds up with Xia Xiaoyu, a food-loving desk mate who’s always asking, “Bro, want some spicy strips to keep you alive?” College life is totally “doomed”! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 What Would You Do If Zombies Suddenly Broke Out? 如果突然爆发丧尸你会怎么做 The laptop's motherboard burned out, and the original manuscript has been lost, so I can't continue updating the story. I wrote this book many years ago, and the complete manuscript was already finished. There's no way I can reconstruct it from memory. The only solution is to cut the whole thing and make major revisions. I plan to start rewriting it from the beginning once I finish my other book. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Apocalypse: Building the Ultimate Shelter 末世：打造顶级避难所 [Rebirth] [Apocalypse] [Zombies] [No System] [No Superpowers] [Not a Do-Gooder] [Rebuilding Civilization] Chen Yi opened his eyes and returned to three hours before the apocalypse began. From the start, all he had was a dog. He'd have to scavenge for everything else. (P.S. I'm always terrible at writing blurbs, so just read the story. It's a gritty, hard-core survival power fantasy!) 1.5kReads8.9Score102Shelves
- 112 Surviving the Cataclysm 惊变生存 After five years of service, I, Liu Mingkai, had finally reached the day of my discharge, only for disaster to erupt uncontrollably on the very last day. When my former comrade contacted me, he gave me the wrong address, leading him into the worst-hit area! Unable to reach him, should I go stop him from entering the disaster zone, or put my own safety ahead of our friendship? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 The Endless Road of Corpses 无尽尸路 (Published title: Return to Dawn) The Ebola virus continues to rage, three Malaysia Airlines passenger planes crash one after another, and oil prices suddenly plummet... After a series of bizarre upheavals, the zombie crisis erupts without warning. The protagonist and his companions must not only evade the immediate threat of zombies and struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where modern civilization has collapsed, but also keep searching for the source of the undead. Is it the greates 62Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 114 Blood Calamity: The Dead Rise on Campus 血灾：尸起校园 [Zombies]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Team]+ [Survival]+ [BL]+ [School]+ [Military]+ [Hardcore (the war follows the worldbuilding of Arena Breakout)]+ [Guangdong]+ [Hong Kong Island]. An ordinary student from the start, with no System, special abilities, or rebirth. A realistic Apocalypse seen through an ordinary student's eyes. Starting in Volume Two, the story follows survival in the military. The Bible once said: "One day, the waters of the Nile will turn to blood, and God will punish the world." The Eb 4Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 115 Surviving the City of the Dead: An Ordinary Person’s Survival Handbook 尸城余生：普通人的求生手册 No superpowers, no evolution, no golden finger, no swaggering and face-slapping, and no torturing the protagonist. This is a survival story about ordinary people in the apocalypse, with a focus on realism. Enjoy without worry. 395Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 I Just Woke Up, and There Are Zombies at My Door 刚睡醒，丧尸就在我家门口 [Zombies + No System + Superpowers + No Harem + Apocalypse] He woke up to find a biological disaster breaking out and the apocalypse descending. More than ninety percent of humanity on Blue Star died from the zombie virus. Zombies rampaged through city after city like a raging tide. Supplies were scarce! Food was running out! Zombies were everywhere! Under the influence of the zombie virus, all kinds of organisms began to evolve. Humanity relied on zombie soft tissue to begin a new path of evolu 260Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 117 Apocalyptic Disasters: I Rise to Power with Unlimited Card Draws 末世天灾：从无限抽卡开始称霸 (Apocalypse + multiple powers + revenge on scumbags + feel-good story + card draws + beast taming + stockpiling + survival + leveling up) When the apocalypse arrived, Li Yan discovered that all his classmates had awakened supernatural abilities. Herculean strength, endless storage space, turning one's hand into a gun, hitting a target from a hundred paces, absolute defense... But the ability Li Yan awakened was: unlimited card draws!!! “What kind of trash ability is that? Hand over your energy s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 The Apocalypse: I Have an Intelligent Space 末世之我有智能空间 [Apocalyptic disasters + reborn + stockpiling + space] [Everyone's darling, multiple male leads later on, the heroine is overwhelmingly powerful, a dog-training story] Chen Nian survived for five years in an apocalypse wrought by natural disasters, only to be framed by her half-sister and die horribly in the jaws of zombies. Reborn three months before the apocalypse, all she wants is to stockpile supplies, get revenge, and survive the end of the world. 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 Fleeing the Apocalypse, Heading North 末日逃亡一路向北 The apocalypse arrives, and the zombies rise. What should I do? How should I respond? As an ordinary person, how can I survive in this ruined city crawling with zombies? Following a major earthquake and tsunami in XXXX, the cores of Units 1 through 3 at a nuclear power plant on an island in a certain country melted down. After the accident, a power company continuously pumped water into the containment vessels of Units 1 through 3 to cool the reactor cores, collecting the contaminated water. By 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Frozen Apocalypse: Building a Doomsday Fortress in the Mountains 冰封末世：打造山中末日堡垒 Lu Ying was reborn, returning to three months before the apocalypse. In his previous life, the woman beside him had killed him. What he never expected was that Meng Nanxing had also been reborn. But Lu Ying remembered his previous life first, and took her pocket-dimension ring before she could act. The apocalypse was near. Zombies, mutated creatures, human greed, and betrayal intertwined to form a vast web. He prepared a warm, comfortable, and sturdy apocalypse fortress in a mountain bunker. Sup 636Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 121 Apocalypse: A Violent Illness? I’ll Fight Violence with Violence! 末世：狂暴病？我直接以爆制暴！ [Troop-Summoning, Post-Apocalyptic Farming, Massive Battles, Steel Tide, Rage Virus, Ruthless Protagonist] After struggling to survive for half a year in the apocalypse, Lu Yang was reduced to ashes in a nuclear blast. To his astonishment, he was reborn half an hour before the Rage Virus outbreak! This virus that would destroy humanity transforms the infected into bloodthirsty "clowns." They feel no pain and possess immense strength. More terrifying still, as time passes, they awaken their intel 1.9kReads5.5Score165Shelves
- 122 Apocalypse: Starting with Building a Base 末世：从建造基地开始 The apocalypse arrives, and zombies and monsters run rampant. Li Fei accidentally awakens a base-building System and begins constructing a base, sheltering survivors, developing technology, summoning all kinds of powerful soldiers, and manufacturing formidable biological weapons. His goal is to bring this damned apocalypse to an end. 5.3kReads8.7Score399Shelves
- 123 Tactical Squad: Charging into the Apocalypse 战术小队：向着末世冲锋 The blurb is still too tame. Read the story to see for yourself. Apocalypse + Hardcore Military Action + Multiple Systems + No Harem Shu Xinghai: “What? You’re saying the biohazard outbreak has really become reality? But I’m just a freshman who can’t even defend himself!” Lin Yixuan: “Why are you looking at me? I’m not an athlete.” Three days later Shu Xinghai: “Loofah, activate!” Lin Yixuan: “Zombies? What gibberish are you spouting? Go talk to my tank!” Neither of them expected that they weren 519Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 124 What Do You Mean, It's the End of the World? 什么叫现在是世界末日 This is the story of an ordinary college student who became a hero. A virus swept through the city without warning. A peaceful university campus became a hell overrun by zombies overnight. Chen Yuxuan was just an ordinary student. By chance, a prank gone wrong put him right at the start of the apocalypse, and he fought his way out of the fallen campus with his roommates. At first, all he wanted was to keep his head down and survive. But the world gave him no chance to hide. The distortion of 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 The Red Moon Opera Troupe 红月戏班 After the red moon rose, the world became a wasteland. Shen Xigu was an opera singer. With a three-stringed instrument and a blindfolded musician, he walked into the last lights of the Five Great Cities. Every city had an opera stage. Every stage hid a shadow puppet. The Weaver Girl, Zhong Kui, Nezha, Lady Meng… They weren’t props. They had once been alive. Behind every puppet was a life swallowed by the red moon. He collected the puppets. With every one he gathered, he took on more of someone e 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Death Takes the City 尸杀全城 Also known as The Citywide Zombie Slaughter: Survival Begins in an Apartment [No Superpowers or Cheats + Realistic Survival + Zombie Apocalypse] It all begins with a ridiculous night of drinking... And yet the world is about to be plunged into a cataclysm. As steel cities become death zones, once-bustling streets slowly fall into ruin, and countless strange figures wander across the ravaged land... Can Chen Yu make it out alive, carrying the seed called “hope” in his heart, and survive to the e 1.9kReads8.0Score106Shelves
- 127 Doomsday Rebirth: The Higher-Dimensional Virus 末日重生之高维病毒 [Revenge + stockpiling supplies + killing zombies + safe house + ruthless action + natural disasters + seizing opportunities] The protagonist, Ye Xiu, is betrayed by his friends and returns to the time before the apocalypse begins. As someone reborn, he has the advantage at every turn in this life. He stockpiles supplies, builds an apocalyptic home, and seizes elemental marks, among other things. His treacherous girlfriend and his backstabbing friends know nothing about any of it. Ye Xiu also ta 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 The Selection Era: A Frozen Apocalypse 筛选纪元：冰封末日 Not a System novel + evolution + new humanity Chen Yuan was nourished by the ancient earth energy of the Qinling Mountains from the moment he was born. When Earth awoke from its frozen apocalypse, he became the first person to awaken in the post-apocalyptic world. He led the Qinling Mountains through the apocalypse, rebuilt Earth, and ushered the planet into the age of cosmic civilization. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Apocalypse Shelter: All My Rivals Are Me 末世避难所：我的对手全是我自己 The Apocalypse arrived, and the Dark Realm invaded. Lin Jin awakened the Shelter System and swept through everything in his path. While others fought over bread, he built an SSS-grade fortress deep in the Dark Realm. While others fought mutated beasts, he crushed the major factions underfoot. Until that day. The man from sixty thousand years ago took off his mask. Lin Jin's pupils contracted. That face was exactly like his own. [Why do all three female leads say it feels like they've kno —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 I Woke Up and Didn't Have to Work Anymore: Global Zombies 一觉睡醒不用上班了：全球丧尸 [An ordinary person’s struggle to survive the apocalypse. First-person narration. Human nature. No System, no supernatural powers, and not a power fantasy.] (Remember, you only get one life. Once you die, everything is over. You won’t be reborn, and there are no second chances. If you were the protagonist in an apocalypse like this, how would you survive?) One day, Li Dachuan, an ordinary office worker, wakes up to find himself caught in a zombie crisis. Witness the blood and tears of ordinary p 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Apocalypse: From the Start, I Blast Zombies with a Shotgun 末世：开局一把喷子打爆丧尸 [Apocalypse + Escape + Zombies + Strong Male and Female Leads + Escape from Tarkov + Dark Zone Breakout (doge)] Liu Yingyang is a third-year college student. While returning to campus, he also goes to help train the second-year students who missed freshman military training for certain reasons. But on the final day of training, just as he is about to say goodbye to the instructors, he wakes to find the world transformed. All internet and communications stopped working four hours ago, and just th 3.7kReads8.4Score310Shelves
- 132 Apocalypse: The Great Evolution Era 未世：大进化时代 [No System, No Spatial Dimension, Not a Do-Gooder] In ancient times, all living beings were ignorant, but humanity poured its points into intelligence until it ultimately became the ruler of the world. Now, a great evolution is upon us. With gigantic beasts, bizarre plants, and endless swarms of insects, can human technology suppress them all and once again put humanity ahead of every other species? 681Reads7.0Score105Shelves
- 133 Wildflowers Bloom Anew in Spring 野草闲花逢春生 This is a zombie-apocalypse novel I wrote on a whim, using what I think is a down-to-earth style. The story centers on the successive appearance of zombies, spirits, demons, and fox spirits, alongside the protagonists' comedic everyday lives. The protagonist is named after a gangster I used to really like, so I borrowed his name. However, the protagonist won't appear until somewhat later. This is my first time writing, and I hope you enjoy it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 The Last Person in the Supermarket 超市里的最后一人 In late autumn of 20XX, a mysterious plague broke out without warning. Within three days, the city lost power and internet access, then fell deathly silent. The infected lost their minds, their skin turned ashen, and hoarse growls rose from their throats as they chased the scent of the living. Chen Mo, an ordinary night-shift stock clerk at a supermarket, was locked inside the Huimin Supermarket where he worked in the early hours of the morning the plague began. The supermarket became his island 32Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 135 A Commoner's Life in the Biochemical Apocalypse 生化末世下的升斗小民 If you were an ordinary commoner and a zombie outbreak suddenly hit, what would you do? This book has no mindless plot, no System, rebirth, or transmigration, and no cultivation techniques or high technology... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Abaddon 2 亚巴顿2 The zombie outbreak has begun. How can Guan Bei escape alive from his university dorm? In this cannibalistic apocalypse, surviving takes cold-bloodedness, ruthlessness, violence, and slaughter. Maybe it takes a little ridiculous kindness, too? Humanity is twisted, morality has collapsed, zombies roam everywhere, and the world lies in ruins. Run! Escape the jaws of the undead! [“Ordinary people.” I believe those three words are enough.] 13.5kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 137 Realistic Apocalypse Survival 真实的末日生存 No mutations! No evolution! No harem! Just the apocalypse as it would be in real life! 1kReads6.4Score102Shelves
- 138 Doomsday: I Turned into a Zombie 末日，我变成了一名丧尸 (No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, no supernatural powers, one female lead) The zombie virus breaks out, and the apocalypse begins... Chen Tao is a SWAT officer. On his way to find his unit, he is unfortunately scratched by a zombie. In the end, he dies alone in a corner. When he opens his eyes again, he has become a zombie. But unlike the others, who instinctively eat people, Chen Tao has not lost himself. He is a conscious zombie... (Note: The male lead will turn dark later on.) 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Doomsday Journey, Starting on Qingming Festival 末日征途，从清明节开始 [Zombies] [Mutant beasts] [No System] [No spatial storage] [No supernatural abilities] [Mild physical enhancement] [Realistic] Nuclear pollution? A virus? Global cataclysm! Mutated creatures sweep across Blue Star: terrifying zombies, zombified animals, bizarre sea beasts... The apocalypse bares its sharp fangs. The world lies in ruins, and human hearts are as cold as ice. Can Blue Star successfully reboot... 476Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 140 Jiangcheng Red Zone 江城红区 A realistic ensemble story set in the apocalypse. This isn’t a conventional zombie novel. It focuses on ordinary people struggling to survive under quarantine and the System. Everyone is smart, and nobody is a goody-two-shoes. They face nothing but difficult choices about morality and human nature: a father who ignores pleas for help outside the door to keep his family safe, and a mother who risks using herself as bait to set a trap and protect her daughter. Everything they do is for the sake of 30Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 141 Wasteland War Rig: Building an Apocalypse Fortress by Scavenging Trash 废土战车：靠捡垃圾打造末日堡垒 Yellow sand blots out the sun, and the wasteland descends. Mutant beasts run rampant, order crumbles, and human life is worth less than grass. Qin Zheng only wants to lie flat, scrape by, get a hot meal, and make it safely through another day. Who knew that picking something up on a whim would land him a young Plane Spirit? He closes his eyes, opens them, and runs into a mad monk reborn from an ancient sage. His simple survival story instantly turns into a battle for supremacy in the wasteland. 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 The Last Army 末世孤军 [Apocalypse + Zombies + No Supernatural Powers + No Evolution + Government Rebuilds Order + Hard-Core Military] A virus breaks out, communications go down, and order collapses. Lingli City becomes an isolated island in a zombie apocalypse. As the only military force left, the officers and soldiers of the garrison brigade support one another and fight with blood and grit, even after losing contact with their superiors. Amid the devastated ruins of the city, they save lives and rebuild order. [Ple 9Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 143 The Apocalypse’s Enigma 末世迷焉 Zombies, radioactive rain, dense fog, blizzards, mutated creatures. A string of disasters has descended upon Earth. Where can humanity find a way out? What secrets is the military hiding? What's beyond the ice wall? Are there worlds beyond our own?! Do strange and legendary creatures walk side by side?! Join the protagonist in uncovering the truth beneath this rotting world. Can they find a path to salvation through the layers of fog? Is there no way back, or are we trapped here by our own doing 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 The Third-Person Perspective 第三者视觉 I leap through time and space to experience life and death, and I'd rather do it with you. First-person perspective [Zombies + Survival + Sci-Fi + Mutation + Competitive Gaming + Romance]. I arrived in the age of the Infected and happened to meet you. My memories of the past were gone, so we journeyed together through the world of the Infected! It was as if fate had destined it: the two of us understood each other perfectly. We helped one another and fought our way through every crisis... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Subspace Transmigration: World 1 次时空穿越：世界1 This is a world filled with blood and slaughter... People and things, good and evil, love and hate all make up this world... There is no absolute safety here... Even those closest to you will betray you... As dusk falls, under the crimson sky screen, will you find the true meaning of life? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Rebuilding Civilization in the Apocalypse 我在末日重建文明 Zombies + Survival + Hard-hitting + Apocalypse + Escort + Big-picture scope + Ruthless and decisive. The author has worked hard to create a realistic apocalyptic world. The male protagonist is a medical student. His greatest enemy is the loneliness that seeps from deep in his bones. In this desolate apocalypse caused by a fungus, walking away might be the only path to happiness, because living is more painful than dying. The Chinese version of The Last of Us. An excerpt from the book: What does 158Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 147 It's Doomsday, and I'm Still Delivering Takeout 都末日了，我还在送外卖 [No System + No Superpowers + A Zombie Apocalypse Where Everyone Is Infected] My name is Lu Ye, and I’m a software engineer who got laid off. That day, I was making food deliveries as usual. When I saw a customer raise the tip to thirteen thousand just to get a bag of rice delivered, I knew the apocalypse was coming. This book may be unlike any apocalypse story you’ve read before, because the protagonist is a normal person, not a dumbass. 80Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 148 Lucky to Find Clover in the Apocalypse 末世幸逢三叶草 [Post-apocalyptic survival + high-octane action + firefights + combat vehicles + no supernatural powers + no System + one heroine] The real zombie apocalypse is here. Don’t you want to learn how to make useful survival tools? They’re all in this book! 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 The Mysterious Countdown 诡秘倒计时 The Greenest Uncle on Earth After the Apocalypse is a gritty, dark novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. It realistically portrays how human nature becomes twisted and reveals its darkest side under extreme conditions. The male lead endures hardship after hardship, rising from the very bottom of society. His story is passionate, ruthless, and bloody. At the beginning of the novel, before disaster strikes, the male lead is already at the very bottom of society. He embodies poverty and pathetic h 95Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 150 Apocalypse: Population Revival System 末世：获得人口复兴系统 Zombies + Invincible + Ruthless and Decisive + No Dumbing Down + Multiple Female Leads + Female Legion + More Children, More Blessings, and a Thriving Family Although there’s a System, the story is grounded in realism, with plenty of human nature, power struggles, and schemes. The protagonist won’t be outrageously powerful in the early and middle stages. Some of the setting differs from the usual conventions. For example, the government and military don’t simply vanish right at the start. Forces 5Reads—Score—Shelves
