At the elite, four-century-old Aethelred Institute, Dr. Elias Vance’s research is an affront. When a collapsing bookshelf is followed by academic sabotage, Elias realizes his tenure is a trial and the silence is a weapon. Now framed for a professor's murder, he must weaponize the Institute's own dark history to escape a conspiracy driven not by greed, but by the cold, fanatical desire to preserve its soul.
