Gu Mai, a clerk at a salt shop, has a memory so vivid that he never forgets a single detail.
Su Yan's five older brothers disappeared in the withered reed valley north of the city.
Following the traces of reddish-brown soil and half a withered leaf, they found row after row of wooden boxes deep among the white reeds.
Sealed inside the boxes were people's stolen memories.
Some guard secrets, some erase the truth, and some steal away the years from the shadows.
There are no immortals, no ghosts or monsters.
The truly terrifying thing is that you might not even realize you have lost a stretch of your life.
