FEATURED NOVEL
The Self That Remains
The Anatta Paradox Series
Dr Wei Li has spent years trying to restore what illness takes from the human body. But after the death of his wife, his work becomes haunted by a more private question: what remains of a person when memory, body, and self begin to disappear?
The Self That Remains is a literary science-fiction thriller about grief, artificial consciousness, and the terrifying possibility that the self was never ours to keep.
Excerpt from THE SELF THAT REMAINDS
They crossed the alley in broken formation: Ada ahead with the keys, Ananda supporting Wei, Wei’s feet dragging more than stepping.
Halfway to the service door, light swept across the mouth of the alley.
Ada froze.
Ananda pulled Wei back under the overhang.
They stumbled past the bins, the cracked pavement, the rusted fire escape. Wei’s knees buckled. Ananda caught him before he hit the ground.
“Dad,” Ada whispered. Wei could not answer.
Mei Hua stood at the end of the alley, barefoot in hospital clothes.
Let me go, she said.
No.
Not now.
Ada grabbed his face with both hands. “Look at me.”
PREQUEL
The Art of Getting Lost
The Anatta Paradox Series
Before The Self That Remains, before Ananda learned to listen, and before Dr Wei Li began asking what part of a person can truly be saved, there was Mingkong.
At Cloud Rest Monastery, Master Mingkong is many things: a monk, a troublemaker, a teacher of questionable wisdom, and possibly a man with a past no one can quite agree on. Some say he was once a doctor. Others say he was a criminal, a genius, or simply someone who survived too much and came back strange.
His story opens the door to a future where memory can be preserved, machines can learn compassion, and the self may not be as solid as we believe.
Funny, mysterious, and quietly haunting, The Art of Getting Lost is a prequel novella in The Anattā Paradox series — a story about suffering, survival, and the strange wisdom of losing your way.
“A rare blend of philosophical depth and emotional storytelling.”
“The Buddhist themes give the story a depth rarely seen in modern AI fiction.”
“I couldn’t stop thinking about it after the final page.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stories at the edge of medicine, memory, and consciousness.
Dr Vincent Yiu is a New Zealand physician and speculative fiction author exploring memory, grief, consciousness, and the fragile architecture of identity.
Drawing from medicine, neuroscience, and Buddhist philosophy, his fiction blends emotional realism with literary science fiction.
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