The Collector of Bones

A chilling psychological horror novel about obsession, ancient rituals, and the terrifying cost of forbidden knowledge. Dr. Sarah Chen has spent fifteen years reading the language of bones as a forensic anthropologist. But when skeletal remains bearing medieval death cult engravings surface at a construction site, she's drawn into an investigation that will test the boundaries between professional expertise and dangerous obsession. Someone is recreating the rituals of the Ossuary Keepers—a 14th-century cult that believed bones could trap and collect human souls. As more bodies appear, each meticulously prepared according to ancient specifications, Sarah discovers she's not just investigating the murders. She's been chosen as the "curator"—the eighth element required to complete a transformation six centuries in the making. The Collector has been watching Sarah for years, cultivating her expertise, positioning her for a role she never agreed to play. As the investigation deepens, the boundary between hunter and hunted dissolves. Sarah begins dreaming through the killer's eyes, experiencing their memories, feeling the seductive pull toward a merger that promises transcendence but delivers only annihilation. With seven vessels prepared and the new moon approaching, Sarah must confront a terrible question: How do you stop someone who views death not as an end, but as sacred art? And when understanding itself becomes the trap, can consciousness survive its own entanglement with darkness? The Collector of Bones is a literary horror novel that explores the dangerous intersection of academic obsession, ritual murder, and the human compulsion to transcend mortality—no matter the cost. "A haunting meditation on identity, expertise, and the weight of bearing witness to horrors that refuse to remain buried."