66 pgs.
In a fractured world still echoing with the hum of abandoned industry, a group of monks, scholars, and patrons leaves their monastery in search of a place whispered about in dreams and fragments of scripture—a hidden valley where the faithful are said to live untouched by hunger, fatigue, or despair. Their journey winds through the rusted remains of cities and the overgrowth of a forgotten heartland, each step haunted by the question of whether the divine can still exist among ruins.
Through their journals and letters, The Diary of the Seekers traces the slow unraveling of conviction and the transformation of faith into something more fragile and human. What begins as a mission of salvation becomes an intimate study of belief under pressure, of how hope mutates when survival demands its own theology. In the end, the seekers must confront not only the truth of the valley they sought—but the reflection of themselves carried within it.
A modern Gothic parable set against the decaying American interior, The Diary of the Seekers blends religious mystery, existential dread, and quiet compassion into a meditation on faith, mythmaking, and the limits of endurance.
FIRST PAGE EXCERPT:
“Entry 1
12th day of the month of Sowing, year of the Third
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Providence has smiled upon our failing Order. In the deepest
recesses of the lower archive, I have made a discovery that
may yet save us all.
The fragment lay hidden within the binding of a grain ledger,
parchment of unusual quality bearing script both archaic and
precise. The language dances between sacred and
administrative, each phrase a perfect ambiguity that sings of
transcendence while whispering of disposal.
“She Who Needs No Voice” – described as one who has
transcended the crude necessity of speech. Or one whose
voice has been taken. “The Sleepless One” – praised for
eternal vigilance, consciousness unbound by mortal need for
rest. Or one who cannot rest. “The Iron Walker” – feet that
know no weariness. Or feet that have forgotten how to feel.
“The Smoke-Eater” – breathing poison as easily as air. Or
breathing poison because air has become poison. “The
Hunger-Proof” – conquering the tyranny of appetite. Or
conquered by the tyranny of starvation.
A valley of the blessed. A repository for the unwanted.
Both readings pulse with equal truth in the candlelight. I have
spent three days parsing each syllable, consulting every
reference in our diminished collection. The linguistic analysis
alone fills seventeen pages of notes. This is no forgery. The
parchment bears the watermark of Mont-Saint-Michel,
destroyed two centuries past. The ink contains traces of lapis
lazuli, a luxury available only to the most important documents…”