The Archivist's Oath

About this book

At the decaying Ebonridge University in the remote Appalachian mountains, twenty-year-old transfer student Rowan Hale is uniquely selected by a dying archivist to inherit the keys to the college's restricted sub-basement files. The morning after the handover, the archivist is found dead, and Rowan begins receiving anonymous tips about profound systemic corruption within the faculty and administration. Told entirely through a chronological collection of letters, emails, official memoranda, and journal entries, the story follows Rowan and a cynical philosophy major named Taylor as they unearth a decades-long trail of exploitation, falsified records, and covered-up tragedies. As physical danger escalates and the grim fates of previous archivists come to light, Rowan is forced to navigate complex moral compromises. Torn between a hunger for absolute truth and the reality of institutional survival, Rowan must architect a surgically precise exposure to save the university's future without destroying the only ladder out of poverty for hundreds of vulnerable students.

Book details

Genres:

Mystery, Epistolary Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Dark Academia

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-21

Content rating:

R