I Clear the Name of the Deceased

In the Lothar Empire, merit can be turned into authority, and the name determines who the authority belongs to. The nobles inherit the glory of heroes, and the church writes the only truth. Those who truly died under the city walls were only worthy of being buried in nameless graves. Cemetery scribe Lane discovers a body whose name cannot be found on paper. The deceased Oren was the real hero who guarded the North Gate alone seven years ago; the "gatekeeper" authority that belonged to him was placed on the head of Duke Vaughan. A mutilated "No Name Book" awakened in Ryan's hands: [Discover stolen merits. [Do you want to use your name as collateral to initiate recourse on behalf of the deceased? In order to get the deceased to speak again, Lane staked his name. "The law can delete a line, but it cannot undo what the deceased has done."