A beautiful death is still a death.
In the opulent heights of the capital, the aristocracy is succumbing to a terrifying new affliction: their veins harden, their eyes shimmer, and their blood literally turns to liquid gold. Disgraced alchemist Silas Vane is tasked with finding a cure in the city's underbelly, but he soon realizes the plague isn't a disease—it's a targeted reckoning. As the city descends into glittering madness, Silas must decide whether to save the elite who ruined him, or let the golden rot take them all.