karen armstrong the spiral staircase

***Warning!!! : My Novel writing style is characterized by poetic narration, rich metaphors, and highly detailed descriptions.*** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a world scarred by existential wounds and fractured memories, Fitran Fate is one of the few who still clings to his own will. Yet his destiny is bound to an ancient mystery hidden deep within the roots of the Tree of Life—and to the name of a woman he can never truly forget: Rinoa Alfrenzo. Rinoa, the heiress of House Alfrenzo from the Gaia nation, harbors a secret that even the gods cannot unravel. Her very existence bears witness to the world’s forgotten history, serving as a bridge between past and future, and as the key to a spiral of memories that refuse to be buried. As great powers—humans, angels, and void entities—clash to seize control over the roots of reality, Fitran and Rinoa find themselves caught in an endless war of meaning, betrayal, and the search for the origin of love and identity. Throughout his journey, Fitran faces immortal beings, ancient sorcerers, and god-forged machines created to seal away humanity’s sins. He navigates labyrinths built on incomplete logic, challenges the power of the Gödelian Curse, and traverses the ruins of the ancient machine city to awaken the world’s last hope: Deus Ex Machina. Meanwhile, Rinoa battles the curse of memory, hunted by Earth, Gaia, and entities from beyond—all in order to protect the fragments of names threatened with erasure from history. Yet the deeper they descend into the spiral of remembrance, the more they realize that memories and wounds are two sides of the same truth. Their love is tested by sacrifice, betrayal, and eternal loss. In the climactic battle against the Voidwright—the entity that rejects all meaning—Fitran and Rinoa must choose: accept oblivion as the end, or rewrite the world’s meaning with the ink of their own memory. As the roots of the Tree of Life crack and the gods intervene, the final question emerges: Can love endure in a world where even one’s own name cannot be remembered? Memory of Heaven is a dark fantasy epic about meaning, loss, and memory—a tale where every remembrance might be the key to heaven, or the beginning of everlasting ruin.

Aku akan mati dan mati lagi untuk mengetahui bahwa hidup ini tidak ada habisnya. —Rabindranath Tagore [Burung-burung Liar] . [Log Peristiwa Nth+1] Terdeteksi kematian [Pemain Inti]. -> Atur ulang dunia Monster hantu sedang diatur ulang…. Dunia sedang diatur ulang… Membangkitkan semua pemain… Selain [Pemain Inti], semua ingatan pemain lain terhapus… Pengukur hubungan terhapus… ! Peringatan ! Terdeteksi memori [Pemain X] masih tersimpan sebagian. Mengatur ulang pemutar lagi. ! Peringatan ! Jejak memori [Pemain X] terlalu dalam untuk dihapus. Menghapus pemain. ! Peringatan ! [Pemain X] adalah karakter penting dan tidak dapat dihapus. ….. Abaikan bug tersebut, atur ulang dunia ke awal. ***Setelah menyelesaikan pengaturan ulang ke-N+1*** **Instansi sedang dimulai ulang** ! Peringatan ! [Pemain X] telah melakukan kontak dengan [Pemain Inti]. ! Peringatan ! Perasaan [Pemain X] terhadap [Pemain Inti] telah melampaui batas maksimum. ! Peringatan ! [Pemain X] dan [Pemain Inti] memulai tindakan yang tak terlukiskan. Peringatan! Konten berikut tidak dapat ditampilkan sesuai aturan dan peraturan yang berlaku.

In the isolated coastal town of Kurohane, eerie spiral patterns begin appearing everywhere—on walls, in trees, even in people’s reflections. When Renji Kisaragi, a skeptical high school journalist, returns home after hearing about his brother Shun’s sudden and mysterious death, he finds himself trapped in a nightmarish time loop. Every time he dies, time rewinds—resetting two days earlier. But with each reset, reality twists further: people disappear, time fractures, and his own body begins to change. As he searches for the cause, he discovers his estranged father, Kaoru Kisaragi, may have been the one who triggered the loop. Aided by his childhood friend Aoi Tsukimura, who holds secrets of her own, Renji must uncover the mystery of The Spiral Gate before it consumes everything. But some truths are worse than death. And the entity behind the spirals does not want to be stopped. Renji must make an impossible choice: sacrifice himself to break the loop—or risk losing his humanity to escape.

Let’s go back to year 1999, when internet is still not the center of our lives. Siguro maiisip ng iba na ang boring ng buhay ng mga bata at teenager sa panahong iyon lalo na kung sa isang malayo at liblib na bayan nakatira. Pero diyan ka nagkakamali. Welcome to the town of Tala, where myths and legends are true. Welcome and see for yourself, that in this town, in your town, magic is everywhere. want to read MOON BRIDE, the main story behind this prequel? go here : https://bit.ly/3kF53DS

He died too soon, a life ended before it truly began. Yet death was not the end—it was a doorway. Reborn into a world brimming with power and hidden truths, he carries gifts—or curses—that could reshape everything he touches. As he climbs an adventure-guild society ruled by strength, cunning, and secrets older than memory, he begins to see that the malignant forces shaping this world are far more tangled—and far more close—than anyone dares to imagine.

In the year 3155, an abnormal phenomenon known as the "Century of Silence" swept across the entire world, accompanied by various strange dungeons and players with different abilities. A hundred years later, the anomalies gradually subsided, but those copies and abilities remained. The year 3796, the Wasteland. Cheng Tingyu opened his right eye in front of the mirror. Lines of information, resembling textual descriptions, flashed rapidly along the edge of her mirrored reflection. [Name: Cheng Tingyu] [Ability: [*Unstable*][*Parsing Error*][*Unable to Display*]] [Status: *Unstable*] Cooling Period: 0 "The copy will most likely appear in places where humans gather;" "The probability of a copy appearing is directly related to the level of chaos in the current area;" "The probability of a copy appearing is directly proportional to the time spent in a specific area;" "The probability of players being captured by the instance is higher than that of non-players;" "Those who have entered and successfully cleared a dungeon will not be captured by a dungeon again for a period of time unless they voluntarily enter one." ——by "The Human Daily Survival Code, 8749th Edition";

The Shattered Spiral In a world ruled by the priests of the Spiral, every life is taught to be nothing more than a rung on a single endless ladder—worm to ape, ape to man, man to whatever comes next. Chance is law, change is worship, and questioning is heresy. Cael, a young scholar raised in this doctrine, has spent his life memorizing its chants and diagrams, never daring to look beyond. Until a forbidden fossil falls into his hands—pulsing with a strange light, whispering of patterns too perfect to be born of chance. Hunted by the Spiral’s assassins, Cael is torn from the safety of his old world by Serin, a rebel warrior wielding the legendary Ashen Blade, and Liora, a fiery outcast who trusts nothing and no one. Together, they flee into hidden caverns and forbidden lands where fossils breathe, rivers remember, and truths buried by the priests refuse to stay hidden. But the deeper Cael journeys, the more dangerous his questions become. Why do some creatures remain unchanged for millions of years while others burn with restless hunger to build and destroy? Why does the Spiral speak of ladders, when the world shows a tapestry? And why, above all, has he been marked—chosen—as the one who might unravel the priests’ most guarded secret? Pursued by hunters and betrayed by allies, Cael must decide whether truth is worth the fire it brings. For if the Spiral falls, the world itself may crack with it. The Shattered Spiral is a tale of rebellion and revelation, blending action, mystery, and philosophical depth into a story that dares to ask: what if life was never chance at all?

Vix, an orphan/thief living in the pits of Belgrave, has only one rule. She does what she must in order to survive. In the miserable depths of the slums, there’s only one alternative. Death. But it seems that this does not apply to everyone. Vix encounters Caine, a mysterious man murdered on two different occasions, on two different days. He cannot seem to stay dead. Desperate to understand his secrets, Vix follows after the beaten-down immortal. But there is another hunting for Caine as well--an undying assassin known as the Riverman who will stop at nothing to kill his target again and again, no matter how many times it takes. As the Riverman sets his sights on her, Vix is faced with her darkest fears. A world of dark magic and mysteries unveils itself before her--and through it all, death is always but a step behind. This work contains depictions of violence, suitable for ages 18+. Spiral Loop is created by Alexander Harrington, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

In a reality governed not by gods or governments, but by hidden “Paths” of power buried deep within the psyche, six prodigious minds awaken across six fractured worlds. Each is a genius. Each is broken. Each is bound to a different truth. From cybernetic underworlds and holy empires to collapsing warzones and mirror dreamscapes, a Spiral turns—quietly, violently, endlessly. What begins as isolated crises in parallel worlds becomes a singular war for the fate of all existence, orchestrated by unseen architects and ancient mechanisms that feed on choice, guilt, and transformation. Every Path grants power. Every step warps the soul. And to reach the Spiral’s end, they must either master themselves—or lose everything to themselves. Their ideologies will clash. Their bonds will twist. And one among them will rewrite the meaning of power, identity, and truth itself.

I shall die and die again to know that life is inexhaustible. —Rabindranath Tagore [Stray Birds] . [Nth+1 Event Log] Detected [Core Player] ’s death. -> Reset world The ghost monsters are resetting…. The world is resetting… Resurrecting all the players… Other than [Core Player] , all other player’s memories are erased… Relationship meter is erased… ! Warning ! Detected [Player X] ’s memory is still partially retained. Resetting player again. ! Warning ! [Player X] ’s memory imprint is too deep to be erased. Deleting the player. ! Warning ! [Player X] is an important character and cannot be deleted. ….. Override the bug, reset the world to the beginning. ***After completing the Nth+1 time of resetting*** **Instance is restarting** ! Warning ! [Player X] has made contact with [Core Player] . ! Warning ! [Player X] ’s feelings towards [Core Player] has exceeded the maximum threshold. ! Warning ! [Player X] and [Core Player] are commencing indescribable actions. ! Warning! The following content cannot be displayed according to the relevant rules and regulations. Author Deep Sea Surgical Scalpel Shen Hai Shou Shu Dao 深海手术刀