Dream Feeding

At twenty-nine, Lin Yan is mired in a miserable life. His career is going nowhere, he has just broken up with Su Wan, his girlfriend of five years, and severe insomnia torments him day and night. After his grandmother passes away, a bronze talisman engraved with the words "Xuan Mei" comes into his hands.

It can weave dreams of absolute perfection: getting rich and having everything go his way, his old love returning, and every regret in reality made right. But a secret pact of yin has already bound his fate.

If he sleeps with the talisman beneath his pillow each night, the dream fiend will slowly devour his soul. But if he dares to go without it, Su Wan, the woman he loves most, will suffer the backlash of evil spirits the next day, with the harm growing worse by the day.

Surrendering to sweet dreams means destroying himself. Giving them up while clear-headed means sacrificing the woman he loves.

More terrifying still, this isn't a calamity unique to him. A century-old curse passes from generation to generation. Even if he and his beloved both die, the talisman will seek out another prey trapped by obsession. With death waiting whichever way he turns, how can Lin Yan escape this pillow-side gamble with love as its stake?