The Girl Who Cultivated Calamities

On the ninety-ninth day of a devastating drought, village healer Lin Xue discovers that a clay doll can hold a predicted disaster. For one miraculous moment, she can lift suffering from the people around her. But the dolls are fragile, and when they crack, the calamities return with consequences no one can ignore. As desperate villagers call her blessed, Lin Xue follows old weather records and a secret contract signed by her father toward an immortal aristocracy that profits from floods, famine, and disaster. To protect her valley, she must learn how to prevent catastrophes rather than simply passing their cost to someone else. And she must decide whether a power that can store calamity can ever truly defeat it.