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Falling Into the Abyss
前任地球联盟能源局秘书伊森因为犯下叛国罪被扣完了道德值，关入一个名叫“禁城”的地方。在这里的所有人都是人类中的垃圾，他们要不断去做一些极度危险恐怖的赎罪任务换取道德值，如果有一天他们的道德值重新积攒到一百分，便有机会被从禁城释放，回到人间重新做人。可是传说只要进了禁城，便没有人能活着出来。
伊森只是想要活下去，可是从第一次任务开始，他就觉得自己陷入了一个恐怖的漩涡。在足以吞噬整个宇宙的巨大怪物们面前，他也只能不断坠落。
Ethan, the former secretary working for the Energy Bureau of Earth Union, was detained in a place called ‘Forbidden City’ after being deprived of his moral value points for committing treason. Everyone in the city is tr*sh among humans. They have to continually go on specified hazardous and terrifying missions for the sake of atonement and to exchange moral values points. If their moral value points reach 100 one day, they would obtain a chance to be released from the Forbidden City and return to the world of the humans to restart their lives as a human. But it was said that once someone enters the Forbidden City, no one can come out alive.
Ethan just wanted to live, but from his first mission, he felt like he had descended into a whirlpool of terror. In front of these huge monsters that could devour the entire universe, he can only keep falling.
This novel is inspired by Lovecraftian horror.
伊森只是想要活下去，可是从第一次任务开始，他就觉得自己陷入了一个恐怖的漩涡。在足以吞噬整个宇宙的巨大怪物们面前，他也只能不断坠落。
Ethan, the former secretary working for the Energy Bureau of Earth Union, was detained in a place called ‘Forbidden City’ after being deprived of his moral value points for committing treason. Everyone in the city is tr*sh among humans. They have to continually go on specified hazardous and terrifying missions for the sake of atonement and to exchange moral values points. If their moral value points reach 100 one day, they would obtain a chance to be released from the Forbidden City and return to the world of the humans to restart their lives as a human. But it was said that once someone enters the Forbidden City, no one can come out alive.
Ethan just wanted to live, but from his first mission, he felt like he had descended into a whirlpool of terror. In front of these huge monsters that could devour the entire universe, he can only keep falling.
This novel is inspired by Lovecraftian horror.
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July 7, 2024
hola si no les gusta sufrir no la lean (ni mucho menos otra novela de la autora) parece q me acaba de absorber este libro todo mi bienestar pq me siento como si me hubiera atropellado un camión... ethan te amo, tanisiel te amo mucho demasiado, hastur te amo, ya nada más
October 14, 2025
Cosmic horror meets omegaverse. I wonder what Lovecraft would've thought about that?
Convicted for treason, the abtly named Ethan Eldridge gets thrown into the prison of the Forbidden City. Forced to go on "atonement missions" to reduce his sentence, he experiences horrors beyond human comprehension.
Admittedly, I was a bit more invested in the side couple than in our main CP, as Ethan is surprisingly bland for what he is. The MC doesn't have a lot of personality to speak of either, and the tension the author tries very hard to create between those two never becomes palpable. The plot carries hard, though. The author makes good use of the Lovecraftian mythos and the Outer Gods. The omegaverse stuff is also on the more interesting side of things, including thoughts about how intersex conditions could work in such a set-up. I had a pretty good time with this.
Convicted for treason, the abtly named Ethan Eldridge gets thrown into the prison of the Forbidden City. Forced to go on "atonement missions" to reduce his sentence, he experiences horrors beyond human comprehension.
Admittedly, I was a bit more invested in the side couple than in our main CP, as Ethan is surprisingly bland for what he is. The MC doesn't have a lot of personality to speak of either, and the tension the author tries very hard to create between those two never becomes palpable. The plot carries hard, though. The author makes good use of the Lovecraftian mythos and the Outer Gods. The omegaverse stuff is also on the more interesting side of things, including thoughts about how intersex conditions could work in such a set-up. I had a pretty good time with this.
December 10, 2022
Wow. I went into this not knowing anything about the story so my reaction was like: oh it's an ABO story, cool ➡️ nice, it's dystopian too ➡️ damn, this is kind of dark huh ➡️ what the helllllll (in a good way).
The development of the plot was amazing honestly. It's a solid dystopian/sci-fi novel and I really liked how the author wrote the characters and their complex relationships. All the characters introduced were nuanced and the author's way of weaving themes of morality and humanity into the story was entertaining. None of the characters are perfect, they made mistakes and hurt each other, but some of them also experienced growth and change as the story progressed. The Forbidden City and Atonement Missions worked really well in building up the author's universe and developing the storyline.
Ethan's (MC) character development was insane because it was part of this conspiracy involving so many forces at play. It was as if he was born solely to experience these horrible things and to suffer, his entire life dictated by gods. There were many times that I felt so bad for him and Samuel, his good friend. It seemed like they just couldn't catch a break from life, but especially for Ethan who had to constantly face the challenges thrown at him, like there was a target on his back. The author did a great job at developing Ethan because it made the second half of the story so much more entertaining after Ethan had blackened and nearly lost his humanity. This was also due to his relationship with Tanisiel (ML).
Honestly I thought it was kind of funny how both Ethan and Tanisiel had daddy issues but in different ways. Anyway, Ethan and Tanisiel's relationship started as a transactional one and slowly developed into something more, emphasis on the "slowly" because even though they were intimate with each other, neither of them admitted their true feelings for each other until the end. Which makes a lot of sense for the story so I didn't mind it at all. In fact, I thought it gave a certain flavour of yearning to the story. It was chef's kiss.
The fact that Tanisiel was the one who kept coming back to save Ethan despite him telling Ethan that he was only using him at first was so good, because readers could tell how that made Ethan feel; Ethan who was a mediocre Beta and Tanisiel who was a gorgeous Alpha. There were a lot of conflicting emotions and back and forths on Ethan's side because he knew he was catching feelings for Tanisiel but he was also aware that Tanisiel was only helping him because he had a use for Ethan. Ethan was also burned badly before by an Alpha so he was wary of Tanisiel but in the end, the heart wants what it wants. What they had wasn't healthy or perfect but I liked their romance because the development was realistic for their dynamics. When the author introduced a romance between Samuel and Schneider, I was so happy too because I wanted Samuel to be happy. But that romance ended way too soon and way too abruptly.
Samuel's relationship with Schneider was also a complicated one because Samuel was a prisoner while Schneider was the chief of security of the Forbidden City. But they had a tacit understanding of each other because they were both hiding their identities. Samuel was an Omega pretending to be an Alpha while Schneider was a Beta with Omega tendencies. In a world where Omegas were looked down upon and regarded as breeding tools, they couldn't afford to reveal their true selves. And because of that, they found solace in each other. I really wanted them to have a happy ending so I was devastated when the author killed off Schneider first then Samuel 😭 Schneider's death was the saddest part because it was then he finally had the courage to tell Samuel he loved him. It was a heartbreaking moment for both the characters and readers.
The title of the novel accurately describes the overall tone of the story. It's a really dark story; there's horror, gore but there's also a sense of chaos, anger and hopelessness in the story as the author explored how humans in essence are selfish, arrogant and cruel beings who discriminate against those who are different from them. The religious elements in the story were also interesting in how they really pushed the story to develop further and gave more depth to it. The ending... There definitely isn't a happy ending for Samuel and Schneider and as the story was coming to an end I was worried that it would be the same for Ethan and Tanisiel. And well, it wasn't a happy ending per se but it was the right one. And it was kind of an open ending, so I'll choose to believe that they lived happily ever after.
The development of the plot was amazing honestly. It's a solid dystopian/sci-fi novel and I really liked how the author wrote the characters and their complex relationships. All the characters introduced were nuanced and the author's way of weaving themes of morality and humanity into the story was entertaining. None of the characters are perfect, they made mistakes and hurt each other, but some of them also experienced growth and change as the story progressed. The Forbidden City and Atonement Missions worked really well in building up the author's universe and developing the storyline.
Ethan's (MC) character development was insane because it was part of this conspiracy involving so many forces at play. It was as if he was born solely to experience these horrible things and to suffer, his entire life dictated by gods. There were many times that I felt so bad for him and Samuel, his good friend. It seemed like they just couldn't catch a break from life, but especially for Ethan who had to constantly face the challenges thrown at him, like there was a target on his back. The author did a great job at developing Ethan because it made the second half of the story so much more entertaining after Ethan had blackened and nearly lost his humanity. This was also due to his relationship with Tanisiel (ML).
Honestly I thought it was kind of funny how both Ethan and Tanisiel had daddy issues but in different ways. Anyway, Ethan and Tanisiel's relationship started as a transactional one and slowly developed into something more, emphasis on the "slowly" because even though they were intimate with each other, neither of them admitted their true feelings for each other until the end. Which makes a lot of sense for the story so I didn't mind it at all. In fact, I thought it gave a certain flavour of yearning to the story. It was chef's kiss.
The fact that Tanisiel was the one who kept coming back to save Ethan despite him telling Ethan that he was only using him at first was so good, because readers could tell how that made Ethan feel; Ethan who was a mediocre Beta and Tanisiel who was a gorgeous Alpha. There were a lot of conflicting emotions and back and forths on Ethan's side because he knew he was catching feelings for Tanisiel but he was also aware that Tanisiel was only helping him because he had a use for Ethan. Ethan was also burned badly before by an Alpha so he was wary of Tanisiel but in the end, the heart wants what it wants. What they had wasn't healthy or perfect but I liked their romance because the development was realistic for their dynamics. When the author introduced a romance between Samuel and Schneider, I was so happy too because I wanted Samuel to be happy. But that romance ended way too soon and way too abruptly.
Samuel's relationship with Schneider was also a complicated one because Samuel was a prisoner while Schneider was the chief of security of the Forbidden City. But they had a tacit understanding of each other because they were both hiding their identities. Samuel was an Omega pretending to be an Alpha while Schneider was a Beta with Omega tendencies. In a world where Omegas were looked down upon and regarded as breeding tools, they couldn't afford to reveal their true selves. And because of that, they found solace in each other. I really wanted them to have a happy ending so I was devastated when the author killed off Schneider first then Samuel 😭 Schneider's death was the saddest part because it was then he finally had the courage to tell Samuel he loved him. It was a heartbreaking moment for both the characters and readers.
The title of the novel accurately describes the overall tone of the story. It's a really dark story; there's horror, gore but there's also a sense of chaos, anger and hopelessness in the story as the author explored how humans in essence are selfish, arrogant and cruel beings who discriminate against those who are different from them. The religious elements in the story were also interesting in how they really pushed the story to develop further and gave more depth to it. The ending... There definitely isn't a happy ending for Samuel and Schneider and as the story was coming to an end I was worried that it would be the same for Ethan and Tanisiel. And well, it wasn't a happy ending per se but it was the right one. And it was kind of an open ending, so I'll choose to believe that they lived happily ever after.
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October 23, 2021
This novel is the immersing kind of novel. Every part of it, every word, is engraved with a certain degree of darkness and I would dare to say despair, but still, it can overwhelm you with pure emotions in the moments you think neither you nor the protagonist will be able to bear it anymore.
It's enveloped with mysteriousness, even if at the beginning it seems quite straightforward, as the story unfolds, it gets more and more tangled in mysteries. Questions continue to arise but you can only speculate about what will happen next.
The characters, mainly the protagonist, are amazingly developed and complex. You can fill his despair, sadness and joy, you get to know him so well you feel overwhelmed by his love whilst you get to understand it alongside with his fears. The protagonist is such a well fleshed out character you get immersed in his all, you can come to understand him to such a degree the empathy you gain is unbelievable.
The relationships between the character are equally complex, to say it they're limited to love and hate, like and despise, would be utterly wrong, they go beyond that, their emotions and interactions are interwoven in such a way they conform real human relationships and in the main couple's case I would even dare to say it goes far beyond them.
The plot is superb, it is well constructed and with little to none loopholes in sight, what needed to be said was said and what needed to be omitted was omitted as well, the world the author constructs, if not one of a kind, at least bears some uniqueness that makes it specially immersing.
I believe this is a story that can shake you to the core, it blends with you emotions little by little until it has completely engraved itself on your heart. It's the kind of story that every time you recall it will make you feel a bittersweet taste on you tongue, as if you were filled with regrets, but in fact you also have none.
It shows a nasty side of humanity, displays the selfish and manipulative nature of the human beings we're all so familiar with in such a way that makes you sigh and question what we even are. Still, there exist the sweet contradiction, like the ray of light we all want to grasp amid darkness, the author exposes the noxious human nature, constantly pulling the characters down, and throwing them into maddening despair, giving the illusion there is nothing worthy fighting for anymore, still the characters are filled with the desire to love and be love, the desire of peace, even at the darkest times the main character is moved by love and longing, quite idealistic, isn't it? As if even knowing how ugly humanity is there still existed the faint hope not everything is doomed.
All I have to say is that this story has taken root in my heart and blossomed, after reading I can only sigh, though I don't even sure what I'm sighing for, are they sighs of longing, of regret, of satisfaction, or of pain? They seem like so, but also not.
I feel I've taken much from this story and this story has also taken some things from me, whether it's spiritually, emotionally or even philosophically speaking. I've got many things to reflect after reading and I would want to say that this novel is completely worth reading, in my humble opinion it's worth anyone's time, I'm not saying it's perfect or otherworldly, this novel is just itself, but being it elf is enough to make it wonderful.
It's enveloped with mysteriousness, even if at the beginning it seems quite straightforward, as the story unfolds, it gets more and more tangled in mysteries. Questions continue to arise but you can only speculate about what will happen next.
The characters, mainly the protagonist, are amazingly developed and complex. You can fill his despair, sadness and joy, you get to know him so well you feel overwhelmed by his love whilst you get to understand it alongside with his fears. The protagonist is such a well fleshed out character you get immersed in his all, you can come to understand him to such a degree the empathy you gain is unbelievable.
The relationships between the character are equally complex, to say it they're limited to love and hate, like and despise, would be utterly wrong, they go beyond that, their emotions and interactions are interwoven in such a way they conform real human relationships and in the main couple's case I would even dare to say it goes far beyond them.
The plot is superb, it is well constructed and with little to none loopholes in sight, what needed to be said was said and what needed to be omitted was omitted as well, the world the author constructs, if not one of a kind, at least bears some uniqueness that makes it specially immersing.
I believe this is a story that can shake you to the core, it blends with you emotions little by little until it has completely engraved itself on your heart. It's the kind of story that every time you recall it will make you feel a bittersweet taste on you tongue, as if you were filled with regrets, but in fact you also have none.
It shows a nasty side of humanity, displays the selfish and manipulative nature of the human beings we're all so familiar with in such a way that makes you sigh and question what we even are. Still, there exist the sweet contradiction, like the ray of light we all want to grasp amid darkness, the author exposes the noxious human nature, constantly pulling the characters down, and throwing them into maddening despair, giving the illusion there is nothing worthy fighting for anymore, still the characters are filled with the desire to love and be love, the desire of peace, even at the darkest times the main character is moved by love and longing, quite idealistic, isn't it? As if even knowing how ugly humanity is there still existed the faint hope not everything is doomed.
All I have to say is that this story has taken root in my heart and blossomed, after reading I can only sigh, though I don't even sure what I'm sighing for, are they sighs of longing, of regret, of satisfaction, or of pain? They seem like so, but also not.
I feel I've taken much from this story and this story has also taken some things from me, whether it's spiritually, emotionally or even philosophically speaking. I've got many things to reflect after reading and I would want to say that this novel is completely worth reading, in my humble opinion it's worth anyone's time, I'm not saying it's perfect or otherworldly, this novel is just itself, but being it elf is enough to make it wonderful.
December 3, 2023
3.5 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔
𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱: 3/12/23
“𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.”
𝗜'𝗺 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁, 𝗹𝗼𝗹.
If Ethan Eldridge never had the main character buff, then would probably be a cannon fodder who died during the first mission. He wouldn’t have even be able to last a chapter, that’s how useless he was. A dumb coward and bootlicker. He was just a foolish man who got seduced by a spy and sent to a place worse than death, a man who committed treason.
This novel is all about Ethan Eldridge - an imperfect man with lots of flaws - if you don’t like him, then tough luck. Throughout the 132 chapters of this novel, there were only 3 or 4 people who were actually notable, Ethan is one of them. He gets character development(though not very much) he always cries in front of his lover, there were happy and light-hearted moments between Ethan and the Ml, but it was mostly heart-wretching, being star-crossed lovers is truly miserable.*sigh*
The relationships between each and every character is complicated, mistrust is intertwined with trust. Love is intertwined with hate. Happiness is intertwined with sadness. Hope is intertwined with despair. It's fun exploring all the varied and complex emotions stuck in the fragile and intricate web.
I think the biggest issue for me about this novel is that I was solely focusing on the 2 main characters and not much else, another one would be that the author tries their best to make the ML seem imperfect, but it just doesn’t work out.
This novel is based off Lovecraftian horror, all fans of the interstellar period are welcome!
𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱: 3/12/23
“𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.”
𝗜'𝗺 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁, 𝗹𝗼𝗹.
If Ethan Eldridge never had the main character buff, then would probably be a cannon fodder who died during the first mission. He wouldn’t have even be able to last a chapter, that’s how useless he was. A dumb coward and bootlicker. He was just a foolish man who got seduced by a spy and sent to a place worse than death, a man who committed treason.
This novel is all about Ethan Eldridge - an imperfect man with lots of flaws - if you don’t like him, then tough luck. Throughout the 132 chapters of this novel, there were only 3 or 4 people who were actually notable, Ethan is one of them. He gets character development(though not very much) he always cries in front of his lover, there were happy and light-hearted moments between Ethan and the Ml, but it was mostly heart-wretching, being star-crossed lovers is truly miserable.*sigh*
The relationships between each and every character is complicated, mistrust is intertwined with trust. Love is intertwined with hate. Happiness is intertwined with sadness. Hope is intertwined with despair. It's fun exploring all the varied and complex emotions stuck in the fragile and intricate web.
I think the biggest issue for me about this novel is that I was solely focusing on the 2 main characters and not much else, another one would be that the author tries their best to make the ML seem imperfect, but it just doesn’t work out.
This novel is based off Lovecraftian horror, all fans of the interstellar period are welcome!
April 18, 2023
Abandonado en el capítulo 67, no me gusta.
No logro engancharme a la historia ni me gustan mucho los personajes, el protagonista Ethan no está mal, pero no me gusta lo suficiente como para seguir la historia.
No logro engancharme a la historia ni me gustan mucho los personajes, el protagonista Ethan no está mal, pero no me gusta lo suficiente como para seguir la historia.
October 25, 2023
abo bl with fantasy and horror elements?? fuck yeah.
June 10, 2025
read this 700 paged novel originally in dec.22. reread during March/April. lowered star due to several aspects of the plot, mainly from my personal taste, but there's no denying the quality and creativity the novel has, even if I found it lacking. the ending was bittersweet.
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