
by EmileCharbonnet
The Meridian’s End is a wuxia-inspired dark fantasy series told in full-length book arcs. Book 1: Rootless is complete and fully available on Royal Road. Book 2: The Valley of Ghosts is complete and fully available on Royal Road. Yusheng was never meant to survive. Raised in secret far from the world of sects, politics, and war, he has spent his life hidden beneath the great tree Shen Gen, with only his father to guide him. Beyond that quiet refuge lies a cultivation world that cast him out before he was ever old enough to understand why. That life ends when outsiders arrive. Forced into a wider world of rival sects, buried grudges, and old powers moving beneath the surface, Yusheng finds himself drawn into conflicts far larger than himself. What begins as a struggle to protect the small life he has known becomes something far stranger and more dangerous, as the path ahead pulls him toward ruin, transformation, and the shaping of something that may outlast empires. The Meridian’s End is a long-form fantasy series featuring distinct book-length arcs, ongoing character growth, sect politics, strange powers, and a steadily expanding world. Buy the books:Book 1 Rootless — Ebook / PaperbackBook 2 The Valley of Ghosts — Ebook / Paperback
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