Hi everyone,
My name is Donny A. Wiguna, and after years of loving wuxia and historical novels, I finally took the plunge and started publishing my own.
The Swordsman of the Four Seasons is the story of Han Sen, born beneath a cherry tree in the last golden years of the Tang Dynasty. His father dies a hero in the Anshi Rebellion. His mother is taken back to the palace because of blood she never asked for. All Han Sen has left is a red lantern that never goes out, an ancestral sword, and a promise he made when he was still too small to hold it.
This is a slow-burn, character-driven wuxia that follows one life from spring to winter:
Spring: love and first loss
Summer: forging body and heart in blood and solitude
Autumn: the harvest of virtue, when the sword is drawn only for what must be protected
Winter: the long night when a mortal chooses whether to become immortal
It’s steeped in real Tang history, Confucian and Taoist thought, and the quiet kind of heroism that doesn’t shout. Think Jin Yong’s depth with Gu Long’s melancholy, but written for an international audience in English. Mature themes, no harem, no face-slapping every chapter—just a boy trying to keep every promise he ever made.
I’m posting new chapters regularly on Tapas (currently on Chapter 5 – the lone journey to the Pagoda of Nine Awareness).
If you love stories about filial piety, righteous war, palace shadows, and the weight of a single red lantern burning through ten lonely years, I’d be honoured if you gave it a chance.
Link: https://tapas.io/series/The-Swordsman-of-the-Four-Seasons/
Constructive feedback is more than welcome — this is my first time publishing anything, and I’m here to learn.
Thank you for reading,
Donny
P.S. The cherry blossoms are falling right now in the story. Come watch the lightning strike.
