In order to save the future, she has to uncover the past.

Sophia thought the worst had happened when her grandfather had died right in front of her eyes, but that had only been the beginning. Having fled the Athenaeum to avoid death, she has to search for answers that even the gods forgot millennia ago—if they ever knew.

There is one spark of hope, buried in rumors and lies. A place that everyone believes is a myth might hold the key to freeing everyone who is imprisoned by her cousin’s will and reclaiming what is hers. But even if they find the answers, freeing the Athenaeum won’t be easy.

As the world is battered by one man’s greed, Sophia, Lucas, and a small group of friends hunt for the solution. They traverse Egypt, the wilds of Alaska, and a library even more secretive than the Athenaeum, all to find the one thing that might stop her cousin’s madness. Because it’s no longer just the fate of the Athenaeum that hangs in the balance.