Ethan Cole endures poverty and professional ruin after his refusal to authenticate forged antiquities blacklists him from elite auction houses. Desperate to satisfy mounting debts, he accepts an unusually high-paying night watchman post at a private museum, expecting nothing more dangerous than solitary patrols through locked exhibition corridors.
When he repairs a fractured war-god statue during his rounds, dormant divine power surges into his veins, turning him into a demon-slaying restorer known as a Mender. Yet every artifact he fixes releases a monstrous ancient evil, forcing Ethan to battle supernatural fiends while confronting the corrupt collector who ruined his life.
