The Original Sin: The gods are a machine, and the truth is a death sentence.

In the lightless depths beneath the capital, history is supposed to be dead. But some secrets refuse to stay buried.

Lenore Locke is a junior archivist who has spent her adult life hiding in the freezing, dead-ground sub-basements of the Conclave States. Above her, the ruthless Lectors maintain absolute power through the Covenant Vein-a divine, living contract that supposedly punishes the populace with drought and decay for their moral failings. Lenore wants nothing to do with the dangerous ...