★ Vietnamese and Korean rights sold.

★ “So this is how dark we children of the past could grow up to be.” The latest work from Wo Fu, weaving together serial murder, suspense, and the supernatural to explore the brutal truth of crime and punishment.

★ Serial Murder × Supernatural Suspense × Dark Human Nature: Blending supernatural elements into a mystery framework, this novel delivers a reading experience that is at once deeply innocent and profoundly cruel.

★ Exploring power, human nature, crime, and punishment, the story begins with childhood memories and traces how the passage of time can push people toward an unfathomable abyss.

“Do you remember Nerves?”

A name dredged up from distant memory sparks a wave of bloody killings in the city. Childhood friends are dying one after another, and the deadly origin traces back to a small village where secrets were buried long ago.

Six childhood friends, who have not seen one another for over a decade, reunite during a pandemic:
Yi Qiu, a book editor
Ma Da, the ringleader of their childhood group, now a police officer
Qing Tang, who works in travel
Lei Sun, a taxi driver
A Gu, a sharp-witted lawyer
Fei Fei, a full-time stock trader

During a gathering, an unexpected name surfaces, stirring up memories each had long kept buried. One recalls the shame of having been groomed by a teacher; another still harbors feelings of love from more than ten years ago; one remembers a legendary figure from the village rumored to possess unusual abilities; another recalls secret stories about the village heard from a police officer. And one among them stays silent, terrified that the faintest wisp of the past might summon a coming storm.

But after the reunion, the friends begin to die, one after another. Was it that name that opened Pandora’s box? Or did their reconnection after all these years set fate in motion? The only hope lies in clues buried in their childhood—and in “someone I used to know.” But time is cruel, memories are hazy, and the people they thought they once knew are no longer the same as those standing before them today.

Wo Fu

Likes telling stories, dislikes introducing himself. Studied biomedical engineering but ended up working in publishing. Has many things he wants to do, little time for sleep, long work hours, and a thin wallet. Finds bookstores, record shops, and cinemas terrifying, yet frequently ventures into them alone.

Published novels include:
What a Beautiful World
It Was a Lie from the Start
Low-Cost Dreams
Ants on a Tree
FIX (Korean rights sold; adapted for the theater series The Puzzle of the Dripping Water Study and adapted by Gami into the comic FIX: Heroes)
Notify Me When You Reach Dreamland
Broken Dream Avenue
No One Knows I Left
The Tongue-Walking Family
The Circus Leaves Town
Warm Beer and Cold Women
Rain Dog Space
The Empty Room Filled with Keys

His writing style is sharp and unflinching, known for exploring human nature and social issues within genre fiction. He is a significant voice in Taiwanese mystery and suspense literature.