Estimated arrival: February 2026 -  this is strictly an estimate. Further details will be provided as they become available.

The initial pre-order period ends August 25th, 2025. Orders placed after this date are not guaranteed to include any publisher freebies.

Open the wrong door… and you may never return.

One ordinary day, Lin Qiushi discovers a black door in the corridor outside his flat—a door that shouldn’t exist. When he steps through, he finds himself in a world governed by a deadly set of rules, where cryptic villagers speak in riddles, and the only way out is to take their obscure “tests”. The reward for passing: a key. The penalty for failure: death.

From haunted villages to blood-soaked puzzles, Lin must solve increasingly strange and grotesque mysteries just to live another day. But he’s not alone. Enter Ruan Nanzhu—gorgeous, enigmatic, and unexpectedly lethal—who shows up in his room one night and whisks him into a secretive organisation of seasoned door-crossers.

With each door they pass through, the truth behind the world grows darker, and the line between ally and monster begins to blur.

Grim, gripping, and laced with razor-sharp banter, Kaleidoscope of Death is a danmei survival thriller where logic is your only weapon, trust is your greatest gamble—and laughter might be your last defense.

There are no internal illustrations within these books. The content is uncensored and true to the original manuscript.