The Pattern of Silence

About this book

In the misty coastal town of Oakhaven, Zerya, a talented weaver from a working-class immigrant family, attends the prestigious Blackwell Academy on a rare arts scholarship. Navigating the treacherous social hierarchy of the school, Zerya struggles to hide her background until she discovers an anomaly in an antique tapestry displayed in the school’s grand hall—a weaving technique identical to the one taught to her by her grandmother, Sevana. As Zerya investigates the tapestry's provenance, she unearths a forgotten diary from the 1920s belonging to a nameless servant who worked for the academy's founders. The diary reveals a suppressed history of theft and exploitation that directly implicates the wealthy family of Inali, the school's charismatic golden boy and Zerya’s academic rival. Caught between her developing feelings for Inali and the need to vindicate her ancestors, Zerya must decipher the coded messages hidden within the tapestry's threads. Her journey forces her to confront the academy's elitist legacy and her own identity, ultimately proving that history is not just what is written in books, but what is woven into the silence of those who survived it.