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A modern-day dark academia fantasy with a twist, perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education.
Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones―and forbidden magic―of its most prized BIPOC students…hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way.
Ellory Morgan is determined to prove that she belongs at Warren University, an ivy league school whose history is deeply linked to occult rumors and dark secrets. But as she settles into her Freshman year, something about the ornate buildings and shadowy paths feels strangely…familiar. And, with every passing day, that sense of déjà vu grows increasingly sinister.
Despite all logic, despite all reason, despite all the rules of reality, Ellory knows one thing to be true: she has been here before. And if she can't convince brooding legacy student Hudson Graves to help her remember a past that seems determined to slip through her fingers as if by some insidious magic…this time, she may lose herself for good.
Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones―and forbidden magic―of its most prized BIPOC students…hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way.
Ellory Morgan is determined to prove that she belongs at Warren University, an ivy league school whose history is deeply linked to occult rumors and dark secrets. But as she settles into her Freshman year, something about the ornate buildings and shadowy paths feels strangely…familiar. And, with every passing day, that sense of déjà vu grows increasingly sinister.
Despite all logic, despite all reason, despite all the rules of reality, Ellory knows one thing to be true: she has been here before. And if she can't convince brooding legacy student Hudson Graves to help her remember a past that seems determined to slip through her fingers as if by some insidious magic…this time, she may lose herself for good.
400 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication January 20, 2026
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About the author
Kamilah Cole
5books758followersKamilah Cole is a national bestselling, Lodestar (Hugo) Award finalist, and Dragon Award-nominated Jamaican-American author. She worked as a writer and entertainment editor at Bustle for four years, and her nonfiction has appeared in Marie Claire and Seventeen.
A graduate of New York University, Kamilah lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she’s usually playing Kingdom Hearts for the hundredth time, quoting early SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, or crying her way through Zuko’s redemption arc in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
A graduate of New York University, Kamilah lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she’s usually playing Kingdom Hearts for the hundredth time, quoting early SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, or crying her way through Zuko’s redemption arc in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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October 4, 2023
REMEMBER to read this book because it will change ur life
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January 29, 2024"a dark academia thriller, where a college freshman is haunted by a sense of dejá vu that turns deadly when she finds a message scrawled on her skin written in her own hand that simply says REMEMBER."
HELLO?? THAT SOUNDS SO COOL??!!!?!
HELLO?? THAT SOUNDS SO COOL??!!!?!
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June 29, 2023adding a speculative dark academia thriller with a Black protagonist on the day the supreme court overturns affirmative action programs at UNC and harvard? you better believe it
May 11, 2025
A stunning meditation about what it means to belong within institutions built on foundations of exclusion. An Arcane Inheritance blends the occult and dark academia in a riveting narrative while also questioning what it means to be remembered—and who is or isn’t given that privilege.
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June 9, 2025Dark academia with a university that is "built on the bones―and forbidden magic―of its most prized BIPOC students…hiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way."
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June 25, 2023Perfect for fans of NINTH HOUSE and INCEPTION
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February 14, 2025
The book that so many other books aspire to be.
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June 11, 2025a speculative dark academia thriller about a college freshman haunted by a sense of deja vu that turns deadly when she finds a message scrawled on her skin written in her own hand that simply says REMEMBER
An adult speculative dark academia thriller that has rivals to lovers with a twist featuring two bisexuals of color?? Sign me up!!!
An adult speculative dark academia thriller that has rivals to lovers with a twist featuring two bisexuals of color?? Sign me up!!!
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August 16, 2024Amnesia-fic story plus Kamilah Cole?! Am I dreaming?
May 18, 2025
I finished this book and then immediately had a dream about it??? THE HOLD ELLORY AND HUDSON HAVE ON ME! I don't know what Kamilah Cole puts in her writing but it is pure magic, and this dark academia fantasy is one of the best I've ever read. Do yourself a favor and preorder An Arcane Inheritance; it's bound to be your next obsession.
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April 5, 2024I NEED MORE. WHERE IS MY MORE! I cannot wait to buy this book; it has so many things I love 😍. Creep and tension and honesty and drawn lines and boys called Graves. MOAAAAAAR
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April 12, 2024i will be seated omg I NEED THIS NOW!!!!
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June 5, 2025THE COVER IS SO PRETTY!!!!
I'm so excited! How do I wait longer?!?!?
I'm so excited! How do I wait longer?!?!?
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June 12, 2025The covers really pretty can't wait!
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