The Bookkeeper

The Bookkeeper by TeDe Jack Grim, trained from birth by legendary assassins, embraces a life of bloodshed and cold ambition. At seventeen, he completes his final assignment as an apprentice, a mission promised to grant him his own organization and the professional assassin career he craves. He succeeds, achieving his dream and receiving his reward. However, his triumph is short-lived. Tormented by a debilitating headache and fever, Jack undergoes a transmigration. He awakens in the body of Raiden, the guardian of the Book of Ashes, the very book Raiden died defending. Unwilling to abandon his former life for a new world, Jack's desire to return as an assassin is thwarted. The fate of this new world now hinges on his protection of the book, a responsibility he must reluctantly accept.