The First Stop

Name: The First Stop
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ISBN: 9798217188444

Tao Wong

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Ace Books
18 August 2026

Fantasy

A young man searches for his own path to immortality-while grappling with the looming threat of war-in this compelling novel in the A Thousand Li epic progression fantasy series. Includes a bonus short story exclusive to this print edition.

A young man searches for his own path to immortality-while grappling with the looming threat of war-in this compelling novel in the A Thousand Li epic progression fantasy series. Includes a bonus short story exclusive to this print edition.

Long Wu Ying's studies at the Verdant Green Waters Sect, an exclusive school of cultivation, are at a turning point. It's time for him to choose what secondary occupation to pursue-alchemist or blacksmith, physician or martial specialist. Yet Wu Ying struggles to decide which focus will best define and contribute to his dao, his personal path of cultivation. And what happens if he chooses wrong?

But beyond the walls of Verdant Green Waters, the drums of war beat as the sect is pulled deeper into the battle for supremacy between states. The Sect Elders thrust Wu Ying and his friends into a desperate gamble to prepare for the upcoming war-a risky assignment that will put to the test everything Wu Ying has learned.

As pressure builds from within and without, Wu Ying must find his place in this new martial world, or he may not survive the trials to come.

By: Tao Wong
Imprint: Ace Books
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9798217188444
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 18 August 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Tao Wong is the author of the A Thousand Li progression fantasy series and the System Apocalypse LitRPG series, among others. When he's not writing and working, he's practicing martial arts, reading, and dreaming up new worlds. He lives in Toronto, Canada.