On the night shift in the old archives, Lin Yan mends a worthless ledger that writes by itself: “Oil is running low. Permission granted to collect the memories of the nameless.” That night, everyone on the entire street had their memories taken, leaving only the lamps ringing.
His younger sister has been missing for three years. He searched every register in the city, then finally saw his own name on the margin of a debt ledger belonging to a dead civilization.
Every dead civilization comes to collect its debts. And he is the only record keeper. Before he can record anyone else’s ending, he must first settle his own debt.
