A collection of fiction set in the world of OROBORO.
Summary
“Old No-Eyes” deals with Yute, a disgraced scholar with a talent for mathematics, and his former colleague Tenza, who ruined Yute’s reputation and engineered his expulsion from one of the Grand Schools of immortality. Now, decades after their falling out, Tenza has sought out Yute with a desperate request: help him decode an esoteric text called the Nokizi, which promises to reveal a way to escape time itself.
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Reviews
“…author Christopher Mahon does an excellent job of establishing character and tone at the start. At the famous Ozamashi teahouse, Yute is meeting his old colleague Tenza, who had betrayed him years before and caused his exile when they were both students of the art of immortality…Mahon does an outstanding job of balancing the still simmering tension of their past conflict with the pair’s philosophical inquiries. “Old No-Eyes” makes a sharp left turn into nihilism near the end, a choice that doesn’t sit well in my stomach, even if it follows logically from the set-up.” – Goodreads
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“I didn’t think I would care for Christopher Mahon’s “Old No-Eyes” at first, but the story grew on me the more I read it. It turned out to be quite powerful at the end.” – Amazon
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“Old No-Eyes” by Christopher Mahon also features a pairing of adversaries, two quasi-immortals who meet at a tea house. Their meeting, infused with thoughts of revenge and power, winds up unsatisfying for both, though there is an unexpected beneficiary of their conflict.” – Locus