Singapore publisher Rosmei launched preorders for the first volumes of their upcoming English release of Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire and Global Examination. (1, 2) The preorder period for both series spans from October 04 to October 28, 2024, and volumes are expected to ship to Singapore buyers by January 31, 2025 for both series.
Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire‘s promotional images are below:
Global Examination‘s promotional images are below:
All interested buyers outside of Singapore must use group order services, forwarding services, or other third-party sites to make their purchases and ship their books. Rosmei’s distribution rights only permit them to sell inside Singapore, meaning that these books will not be available for purchase at North American retailers like Barnes & Noble, Indigo/Chapters, or Amazon.
Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire (烈火浇愁) is a danmei webnovel series written by the prolific author priest. It was originally serialized on JJWXC and ran for 147 chapters.
Rosmei does not provide summaries for any of their licensed series. The below summary is taken from DanmeiNews’ series catalogue entry:
Three thousand years ago, Sheng Lingyuan leapt into the Crimson Abyss and used his life to seal away the evil yao race. He reawakens in the modern era and makes the acquaintance of Xuan Ji, the director of a government agency that manages supernatural disaster relief. They must work together to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to doom humanity.
Global Examination (全球高考) is a danmei webnovel series written by author Mu Su Li. It was originally serialized on JJWXC and ran for 166 chapters. Global Examination also inspired an audio drama currently available to stream on MissEvan, and a manhua adaptation produced by Bilibili.
Rosmei does not provide summaries for any of their licensed series. The below summary is taken from DanmeiNews’ series catalogue entry:
The whole world is subject to a deadly standardized test called the Global Examination. Those who pass are allowed to live another day — and those who fail, don’t.
