Ivory Shadows

In the Republic of New Britannia, a prestigious academy conceals a brutal transnational trafficking ring that lures girls from the impoverished Arcadian continent. Through the eyes of Sofia, a village dreamer turned captive, the campus becomes a chilling rehearsal for the adult world's most savage rules—where hope is currency and resistance a death sentence. Written in the stark, unflinching style of Jia Pingwa, the novel unravels a blood-soaked chain from sun-scorched plains to marble halls, charting one woman's desperate fight to reclaim her stolen fate.