The Archive of Shattered Worlds

Callan Ward was cataloging a thirteenth-century manuscript when the ceiling collapsed. One moment he was a PhD candidate at Columbia. The next, he woke up in the body of Kael Thorne, the youngest—and most disgraced—tutor at Verdant Peak Academy.

Three terms. Zero students. The council is about to fire him.

But when Kael's fingers brush against a discarded training manual, something awakens deep in his mind: the Universal Archive, a sentient library that absorbs every text he touches and deconstructs it to its core truth. Flawed techniques are perfected. Ancient secrets hidden in plain sight are laid bare. And the Academy's carefully censored curriculum? It has been hiding something that could shatter the entire Path of Light.

With twenty-four hours to recruit a student or lose everything, Kael discovers his first prospect—a girl all other tutors rejected—may hold the key to a power the Academy tried to erase.

A progression fantasy for readers who love clever protagonists, deep worldbuilding, and academy settings with hidden depths.

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