Rosmei took to X/Twitter to share images of the dust jacket for the first volume of their upcoming English edition of Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire: Lie Huo Jiao Chou.
No artist was credited, although the cover artwork for the first volume was credited to He Zhi Shan Chuan (鶴止山川) in the original promotional announcement.
Rosmei released these dust jackets after getting more than 2000 likes & 1000 retweets on the initial cover reveals.
Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire: Lie Huo Jiao Chou (烈火浇愁) is a danmei series written by priest. priest is a prolific author whose other works include Guardian: Zhen Hun, Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang, and Faraway Wanderers: Tian Ya Ke, on which the popular live-action drama Word of Honor was based.
No synopsis of Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire was provided by Rosmei, so a synopsis as posted on Novel Updates is as follows:
In the current era, people are either normal or are [born] with “special abilities.” Cases related to the latter are managed by the “National Anomaly Prevention and Control and Special Species Management Office.”
Qi Zheng Emperor Sheng Lingyuan was reawakened a thousand years later after he jumped off the fiery Red Lake. Xuan Ji, a newly transferred staff to the Reparations Division of the Deviant Control Office, finds himself having to clean up the mess of a revived tyrannical monarch. The two seemed to share something from the past, but unbeknownst to them, a big conspiracy is stirring right underneath their noses that could destroy the balance of the world.
Rosmei originally revealed their English license of Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire in September of this year. No release date has been announced, although the publisher said pre-orders would be open next year and that the series would be released in five volumes.
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Dust Jacket for Lie Huo Jiao Chou / Drowning Sorrows In Raging Fire-first volume
*The cover is for display only, details are subject to the press proof photos provided during pre-order. pic.twitter.com/yYKCAqvos1— Rosmei (@Rosmeihey) November 30, 2023
