The Swallow-Sparrow Trap

Having failed for the third time, Han Zhaobai has two nights of money left when an innkeeper offers a clerkship under a new prefect. Wine, seals, a grieving widow, and fast silver all point to rescue. In truth, every favor is a hook. Survive forty choices, collect proof, and turn the Swallow-Sparrow Trap before it turns your body into evidence.