The School for Forgotten Minds

Some thoughts are too dangerous to write. Others refuse to be forgotten. In a world where memory is sacred and knowledge can be weaponized, a secret society known as the Archive Mothers has preserved forbidden philosophies by embedding them in the minds of chosen girls—scholars who remember, but do not speak. Liora Elen Mirin, a failed academic turned reclusive bookseller, thought she had buried her past. But when a letter sealed in blood-wax arrives from her estranged—and presumed dead—mother, it reawakens memories too sharp to ignore. The letter bears a single line: "Return to the school. The thoughts are waking." Drawn back to Astrellan House, a crumbling estate hidden on the northern cliffs, Liora steps into a labyrinth of forgotten corridors, veiled books, and encoded rituals. The school was once a sanctum for women trained to protect memory in secret, but something has gone wrong. A dangerous idea—once kept sealed behind the "eighth door"—has escaped. And it is reshaping minds from the inside. As Liora unravels the truth of her legacy, she must descend into forbidden chambers of thought, awaken ancient sigils, and recover the book her mother once entrusted her to carry. What she finds will test the limits of memory, identity, and sacrifice. The School for Forgotten Minds is a genre-bending tale of dark academia, memory magic, and the power of unspeakable knowledge. This novel explores what happens when thought itself becomes the last refuge—and the last weapon.