From the new world (japanese Shin sekai yori) is a japanese novel by yusuke kishi It was originally published in january 2008 by kodansha It follows saki, a young girl who lives quietly in a beautiful and calm village and has just acquired her psychic powers at the age of twelve. A young indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. Before long, they learn everything, including the bloody history that brought humanity to this state
The story is set in japan a millennium from now. With the rebellion finally suppressed, yakomaru, having renounced to his title and once more addressing himself as squealer, is tried and sentenced to eternal hell, with his body suffering excruciating pain while being regenerated indefinitely. Set a thousand years in the future, shinsekai yori envisions a reality where humanity has declined leaving only an astonishingly small percentage of survivors Mankind’s remnants all possess the psychic ability of telekinesis, which is simultaneously considered a curse and a gift from the gods. One thousand years from now, humanity live pastoral lives aided by psychokinetic powers and the subservient monster rats Saki watanabe has just come of age, and her power has been reined in through meditation and hypnosis.
