The Register of the Living: The Year of Jiazi

In the year 920 of the Sheng era, at the plague camp on the abandoned Yellow River flats in Pengcheng, Zhu Qi reports a false name, "Zhu Qi," for the official register. Refugees never give the authorities more than that. In his hands is a black book that has been blind for three years: once a person's portrait appears on its pages, they come to life; when they die, they turn transparent. One page, one life. The name he gives the authorities is false, but the people he saves are real. With the Year of Jiazi approaching, as names and records clash, he writes down the names of those who cannot speak, then returns those names to the world.