# ForgemeshLibrary Adultery Fiction Shelf

> ForgemeshLibrary Adultery Fiction Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a ranked list of up to 8 curated public-domain fiction books themed around adultery, including The Scarlet Letter, The Awakening, and Anna Karenina, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/adultery-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemeshlibrary-adultery-fiction-shelf-0fda0590
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0MMusX3uCaqW2cq01mw5f

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemeshlibrary-adultery-fiction-shelf-0fda0590 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full list of public-domain fiction books about adultery from the Forgemesh library shelf — show me all of them, up to 50?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a pre-curated, ranked list of public-domain fiction books specifically themed around adultery without needing to query a full-text search engine or manage your own corpus. Ideal for building reading lists, literary research, or recommending classic novels in this theme. Prefer this over a general search API when you want a small, high-quality, editorially ranked set rather than broad keyword search results.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure if x402 USDC payment of $0.003 is not completed — returns 402 Payment Required
- Invalid limit parameter (e.g. exceeds 50 or non-integer) — likely returns 400 Bad Request
- Service unavailability — returns 5xx error
- Limit of 0 or negative integer — undefined behavior, may return empty list or error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Adultery -- Fiction — 8 public-domain books including The Scarlet Letter, The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories, Anna Karenina. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 8 public-domain fiction books themed around adultery (e.g. The Scarlet Letter, The Awakening, Anna Karenina, Selected Short Stories), each with drill-down routes enabling full-text retrieval. Results are ordered by historical popularity or curation rank.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "The Scarlet Letter",
    "author": "Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864",
    "book_id": 33,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 22293
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Adultery -- Fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 860,
   "indexed": 860
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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