A Syllabus for the Dying

About this book

At the prestigious and rain-drenched Oakhaven University, a forgotten eighteenth-century manuscript promises the ultimate academic triumph: the philosophical and biological defeat of death. Julian Rhys, a burned-out sophomore who wants nothing more than to survive his degree in anonymity, is reluctantly dragged into an elite, secretive study group known as the Sisyphus Cohort. Led by the charismatic but dangerously obsessive Cyrus Sterling, and driven by the fiercely ambitious Beatrix Montgomery, the group sets out to translate and enact the manuscript's obscure rituals. What begins as an intense intellectual exercise rapidly spirals into a visceral nightmare of sleep deprivation, moral compromise, and psychological decay. As the boundaries between scholarship and madness dissolve, Julian must abandon his passivity and dismantle the very cohort he helped build before their pursuit of forbidden knowledge demands a fatal tuition.

Book details

Genres:

Dark Academia, Psychological Thriller, Contemporary Fiction

Language:

en

Published:

2026-05-01

Content rating:

R