Museum librarian Abigail Dorothea Ducis stumbles into an art history mystery which pits her against the powerful curatorial department, she thinks. To solve the mystery, Abby must embark on an archival journey through time, visiting 17th century Amsterdam, the Academie Royale in Paris, a Saint-Germain-en-Laye chateau with a story, and the living archive of the Savoy countryside. The mystery is solved in a way no one could have envisioned when Abby learns who she has really been fighting against, changing the course of history and the trajectory of her life. As the world turns its back on the written word, a secret group fights to bring it into the light in this thriller.