Rot of the Guilty

In the decaying city of Ironford, Columbia, archaeology professor Adrian Vane watches the justice system free the officer who killed his brother during a peaceful protest. Desperate and broken, he steals a forbidden ritual from a lost civilization, unleashing a curse that murders the guilty. But as the bodies pile up, the ancient force he has borrowed demands a price beyond reason, proving that a society where justice requires damnation is already beyond saving.