Death is not the end.

There is no God waiting for you in paradise. No afterlife where friendships severed by death are reformed and families reunited. There is only the Aether, a dimension of insatiable hunger that will possess you no matter the life you led.

Yet there is hope for a lucky few. Archivists, existing between the world of the living and the world of the dead, can offer salvation… for a price. Taking your essence in the final moments before death, they become your afterlife, allowing you to speak with those who remain.

When the last archivist is tricked into murder by troubled teenager, Sun-young Kang, he finds himself the centre of a suicidal cult that die at his feet. But there is more to theses deaths than the Archivist realises. Someone is coming for him.

The Archivist may be the closest thing to a god that walks the Earth, but is that enough to keep those he cares about safe?

The Archivist is an incredibly rich novel with a truly original concept. It is cinematic in its scope and details the haunting, but also beautiful, gift an archivist could offer a person in their final moments.

Trigger warning

The Archivist is primarily a novel about death and what happens after. Therefore, if you have recently lost someone close to you, this may not be the best time for you to review this book. Aside from the obvious death trigger, The Archivist also contains: coercive suicide, sexual abuse (referenced, not graphic), swearing (quite a lot of this), irreligious views and murder. There may be a few other triggers, but I expect they’re minor.

Recommended for readers aged 16+