Lu Heng was still alive, yet his name had already been written on the death ledger.
A forged debt trapped him in the mines for three years. Then a so-called cave-in was supposed to bury him along with the evidence.
At the end of the road, an old scrap of iron awakened a broken furnace. It could devour black fire and forge new strength, but first it demanded his blood, then set its sights on the lives of those around him.
Lu Heng had no intention of becoming a dead man on someone else's books, nor would he use his companions as kindling. He would lead those willing to wait for him to draw one more breath out of the mine, expose the forged debt, and follow an old seal of fire to uncover the truth behind the blaze from twelve years ago.
First, survive. Then take his life back into his own hands.
