When Night Falls - Book 1

"Killing is not inherently wrong. They say if you kill one man, they call you a murderer. If you kill ten, they call you a slaughterer. But if you kill one hundred, they make you a general. If you kill one thousand, they make you a king."

Kunwei scoffed. "And if you kill ten thousand, they make you an emperor?"

The general stopped. "No," he said. "The emperor is the son of heaven. No amount of killings can earn you that."

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In a story taking place in a fictional ancient Chinese dynasty, Chuan Kunwei is a teenage assassin known as the Reaper of the Shadows. One day, his unit is ordered to commit suicide, and he barely escapes with his life. He sets out on a journey for both his and a contracted ghoul's revenge, befriends the imperial general's son, and navigates a complex landscape of imperial politics, war, and strange supernatural ripples. But things aren't always as they seem, and as the voices in his mind plant seeds of doubt in the midst of battle, his world is slowly turning against him.

This is book 1 in a trilogy.