First published 2018
A boy arrives at a secluded boarding school for orphans and immediately senses something terrible lurks beneath the surface. At night he hears frightening whispers echoing through the halls. His fellow students treat him with violence and suspicion. The Headmaster sends him strange notes demanding that he confess to unnamed crimes. The boy must learn to navigate this hostile environment while piecing together the dark secrets that permeate the institution. His investigation leads him deeper into the school's sinister history. Then students begin dying. Bodies accumulate as the boy realizes he stands at the center of a deadly conspiracy. This Gothic mystery blends murder, supernatural terror, and the brutal realities of adolescent survival into a story about paranoia and the search for connection in a world designed to destroy innocence.
Genres: suspense, mystery, horror, gothic
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-academia, unreliable-narrator
MP3 CD · Brilliance Audio
Content warnings: death, violence