YA Fantasy Adventure
The Glyph Thief
by Sable Fox
The Riddle Archivists, Book 1
In a world where knowledge exists as physical Glyphs, sixteen-year-old Naia Mendoza is caught stealing one. Her punishment: enrollment at the Athenaeum, an elite academy for Glyph scholars. But someone inside the Athenaeum is erasing Glyphs from existence, and Naia's talent for theft might be the only thing that can stop them.
Naia Mendoza has a gift for taking things that do not belong to her. In the Glyph cities, where knowledge is crystallized into physical objects that can be held, traded, and stolen, that makes her either a criminal or an asset, depending on who is asking.
When she is caught stealing a restricted Glyph, the Athenaeum offers her a choice: prison, or enrollment. She chooses the academy, expecting rules, uniforms, and condescension. She finds puzzles that reward lateral thinking, friendships forged in shared danger, and a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the institution.
Someone is erasing Glyphs. Destroying knowledge permanently. The Athenaeum’s masters cannot stop it. They will not admit it. And Naia, the thief who was never supposed to be here, may be the only person who can see the pattern.
The Glyph Thief is the first book in a seven-part series inspired by Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander cultures, built for readers who love puzzles, found family, and the dangerous politics of who gets to decide what the world is allowed to know.
May 14, 2025
~85,000
Cloud City Press LLC
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