The Purging Scroll

In 735 AD, a minor legal dispute over a forged slave deed in Luoyang spirals into a reign of terror. A clandestine organization calling itself the "Pure Justice Society" begins executing anyone deemed to harbor latent criminal tendencies. As the once-secure Eastern Capital descends into a frenzy of accusation and paranoia, disgraced official Han Ji must uncover the conspiracy's source. The deepest horror erupts from the quiet destruction of everyday security, when a stray thought or an old grudge can mark a person for death.