What on earth did Muhyeon see?
Muhyeon, the protagonist of the sci-fi thriller Beacon of Light in the Dark Sea, has a rather haunted look in his eyes as he stands in front of a set of windows facing the ocean. In the reflection of the window, one can catch sight of three shadowy figures who seem to have cornered Muhyeon. JiyuB illustrated the cover artwork. Josh Shin translated the fourth volume which contains 336 pages.
The novel, written by Softcoral, was originally published in 2022 by Munpia and contains 422 chapters. Beacon of Light in the Dark Sea was the grand prize winner in the webnovel category of the SF Awards in 2022 and the fantasy novel category in the 2022 and 2023 Ridi Awards.
The story follows the chaos that ensues when the North Pacific International Undersea Station gets flooded. Muhyeon, a dentist who was hoping to live a life of peace underwater, now finds himself in a place where he must kill the people he called colleagues and friends–or be killed.
The synopsis for Vol. 4 is as follows:
When Muhyeon signed on to be a dentist at the undersea station, he never imagined it would be overrun by a cult obsessed with time travel. Now trapped in their machinations, Muhyeon is forced to relive the same day over and over—with each loop ending in his death.
Desperate to break the cycle, he diverges from old patterns and ventures into strange and dangerous alliances. After all, who would know the truth better than the cultists themselves? Hounded by enemies and betrayed by supposed friends, Muhyeon finds his avenues for escape dwindling. Soon there will be nowhere to run…except straight into the jaws of the shark.
The fourth volume comes out on May 11, 2027.
Source: Seven Seas Entertainment
