Lilia becomes entangled with Dr. Mortimer Draven, a reclusive, obsessive, and morally gray professor. He is haunted by his past, shunned by the medical elite, and willing to do anything to cure the disease that ruined his family. As Lilia assists him in his forbidden research, she uncovers cult secrets, ancient curses, and a passion that burns as darkly as the shadows consuming the island.
A: Approximately 520 pages (est. 150,000 words). The EPUB file is about 1.2 MB; the PDF is about 3.5 MB.
Keri Lake’s Nocticadia has erupted in book communities like TikTok (BookTok), Reddit (r/RomanceBooks), and Goodreads. It is being described as a "masterpiece of gothic darkness," a "slow-burn academic nightmare," and "Crimson Peak meets dark academia."