The Jade Curse

In the decadent Spring and Autumn era, Marquis Zhao of Cai is humiliated and detained for three years by the greedy Chu minister Nang Wa, who covets his jade. When Jin's minister Xun Yin similarly extorts bribes and refuses justice, a desperate Cai scholar steals forbidden Shang dynasty curse rituals to exact vengeance. But as the arcane killings succeed, a vast, amoral cosmic force awakens—proving that when justice can only be achieved through illegal, stolen rites, the entire world has already rotted beyond saving. A historical thriller blending political corruption with cosmic horror, in the tradition of Robert Harris.