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Two days before PREP 2021

PREP Challenge OCTOBER

Working Title: The Shanhaijing Prophecy or The Modern World Monsters.

PLOT1 & 2 interwoven.

Plot1: A 2020-year-old Chinese book shows up at an auction. The main character, Wolf Meyer buys it cheap because no one recognizes its significance to the world. He meets a girl, Poppy Ryan. Strange events occur in their lives (the house is suddenly set on fire, pets disappear, the main character experiences occult phenomenons like knocking sounds in the middle of the night, pawprints in the bathroom, reflections in mirrors). Together they investigate in China. They meet monsters. Book predicts a deadline for a major disaster that hits their city (Los Angeles?) and will kill many people. Can they stop the prophecy?

Plot2: The story of the ancient book Shanhaijing, The Book of Mountains and Seas revealed. An extraordinary encyclopedia containing strange and terrifying creatures that the Ancient Chinese believed existed on Earth.

Bibliography
The Mythology Bible (2009) by Sarah Bartlett p.292-293
China, Lonely Planet, 2017
USA, Lonely Planet, 2004
The book of Mountains and Seas, 1999, Penguin Classic
https://karkadann.fandom.com/wiki/Classic_of_Mountains_and_Seas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Mountains_and_Seas
https://totallyhistory.com/shan-hai-jing/
https://novelmao.com/chapter/world-of-immortals-shan-hai-jing-1/