James Allen's Memoir

Origin
James Allen was a thief during the 1870s. On one of his gunpoint held robberies, he fired his gun and the bullet ricocheted off of his victim John Finnow’s suspenders, sparing him. He was then taken to jail and reformed while suffering from tuberculosis. He composed a memoir while in custody, and on his deathbed, demanded the book be sent to Finnow. After his death, skin from his back was used to make the leather binding of the book.

Effects
This book causes the reader to amend for any wrongdoings and misdeeds they have done. It also causes them to succumb to tuberculosis and have their skin peel off their back.