The Marble Binding

About this book

At the Grand Athenaeum of Vespera, a towering gothic university of magic, knowledge is both power and peril. Olinthos Bellerose, a young scholar with ink-stained hands, is unexpectedly named the prophesied reader of the Codex of Finality—a legendary tome said to hold the ultimate truth of mortality and aesthetics. But as Olin translates the forbidden text, a magical plague begins sweeping the campus, turning ambitious students into flawless, lifeless marble statues. While Olin races to decipher the cure, fellow archivist Livia Marcellus battles a corrupt faculty, and rogue student Silas Abernathy maps the deadly catacombs to uncover the prophecy's true origin. Together, they must stop the brilliant but obsessed Professor Kaelen Thorne from claiming the Codex's power, ultimately learning that the true beauty of life lies in its fleeting nature.

Book details

Genres:

Dark Academia, Fantasy

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-08

Content rating:

PG