Phenomenal! Absolutely brilliant! I could not get enough of this book. I was reading it every chance I could. There are books you enjoy and then there are books the devour you! Atlas of Unknowable Things is deliciously dark horror book that kept me guessing until the very end. This was such an intelligently, well-told story that I feel as thought the characters are still lingering in my room with me. I really appreciated Robin, following her around, getting in her head, feeling her fears,. It all felt so real and visceral. I could smell, taste and touch everything about this book. The mystery unfolded like a night blow ing flowers slowly letting the reader in but never revealing too much, The twists and turns just kept coming and taking me surprise. I was hangin on every well-chosen line. After I finished the book I just lied on my floor in awe of the entire path the story took. Upon finishing the story I immediately wanted to read it all over again. Thank you St. Martin's Press for this early copy.

Your next gothic dark academia obsession has arrived.

McCormick Templeman delivers the perfect blend of mystery, atmosphere, and literary unease in this moody, intelligent thriller. Set not in some crumbling English manor, but in the shadowed peaks of Colorado, the story follows Robin Quain, a burned-out historian on the brink of collapse who takes a last-chance residency at Hildegard College—a scientific institute that feels more like a haunted relic than a modern school.

The campus is nearly empty, the staff is distant, and something just feels… off. As Robin digs into the disappearance of a local girl and a missing professor, she finds herself caught in a maze of academic secrets, vanishing records, and the hunt for a mysterious artifact that may be the key to it all.

To say more would risk spoiling a story that thrives on slow reveals, flickering doubts, and beautifully creeping dread. But trust me: this one will stay with you. Elegant, immersive, and just a little bit cursed.

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