The Venom Inheritance

In the stifling shadow of Emperor Kangxi’s literary inquisition, the sudden death of a Suzhou silk merchant hurls his family into a ruthless war for a colossal inheritance. When one man’s world collapses through betrayal and loss, he discovers that systematically destroying his rivals with forged seditious texts and poison is the only sensation that proves he still exists. A bleak historical psychological thriller steeped in the chilling tradition of Jussi Adler-Olsen.