# ForgemeshLibrary Inheritance and Succession Fiction Shelf

> ForgemeshLibrary Inheritance and Succession 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 50 public-domain fiction books themed around inheritance and succession, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/inheritance-and-succession-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-inheritance-and-succession-fiction-shelf-423eed12
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LGaDeTuL7C0oEbglsvjhk

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-inheritance-and-succession-fiction-shelf-423eed12 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 10 public-domain fiction books on the inheritance and succession shelf from the Forgemesh library?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain fiction specifically themed around inheritance and succession — including canonical works like Sense and Sensibility, Bleak House, and Our Mutual Friend — and want drill-down routes for full-text retrieval without any licensing or API key overhead.

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds 50 — clamped or error returned
- payment not completed — x402 payment required error
- no books match the shelf (unlikely for this curated collection)
- network timeout or service unavailability

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Inheritance and succession -- Fiction — 263 public-domain books including Sense and Sensibility, The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Woman in White. 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 50 public-domain fiction books themed around inheritance and succession, each with title, author, rank, and drill-down route for full-text access. No authentication or license required.

## 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": "Sense and Sensibility",
    "author": "Austen, Jane",
    "book_id": 21839,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 73937
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Inheritance and succession -- Fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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