THE WITCH TRIALS Episode I: THE ABYSS GAZER

Li Haonan thinks a matchmaking date has finally handed him some happiness, right up until a lighter's blue flame shows him what Liu Ruyan actually is. What follows isn't a romance so much as the autopsy of one.

Set in Taipei, the story follows Li Haonan from that first spark of belief through the slow, ugly unraveling of it, into betrayal and the revenge that grows out of it. It's an urban drama first, love story second.

As a kinetic novel, there's nothing to steer here. You read Li Haonan's story as it happens, scene by scene, with no branches or choices to second-guess. This first episode is a demo, so the tale of THE ABYSS GAZER is only getting started.