Bone Evidence: The Six Volumes of Bizarre Cases

The Bone Witness: Records of Six Strange Cases is set during the Jiajing era and follows Shen Wangyan, son of an inquest officer; Lu Qingmo, a physician; and Zhao Wujie, a brocade-clad guard. The three meet over an imperial examination fraud case and are drawn into a shocking conspiracy spanning twenty years. From academies in Jiangnan to an ancient temple on Cold Mountain, from corpses rising at a saltworks to a hunt for a killer at sea, they gradually expose the true face of the Silver Serpent organization, a dark network that has infiltrated the imperial examinations, salt administration, military arms, and the palace. When Grand Secretary Yan Song’s “twin poison plot” comes to light, and the elixirs taken by the Jiajing Emperor are revealed to be poison used to control the throne, the three must fight with their lives and let the bones bear witness, speaking up for the wronged and seeking justice for all under heaven before the conspiracy devours the Ming Dynasty.