The Architect's Last Seal

In the Kaeling Empire, the dying Emperor's breath is the only clock that matters — and eighteen-year-old apprentice architect Anlei Shen has thirty days to finish his mausoleum before its doors seal shut, entombing every artisan who knows its secrets alive, as sacred law demands. When Anlei uncovers a hidden chamber that appears nowhere in her ailing father's blueprints, she realizes the tomb was never built to hold the Emperor at all — and the truth sealed inside it will decide whether her family finally earns its freedom, or hundreds of workers die to protect a lie.