For archivist Elias Thorne, the past is a sanctuary. But when a late-night research trip to an abandoned observatory makes him the sole witness to a professional hit, his quiet life is shattered forever. Marked for death by a shadowy conspiracy that operates at the highest levels of power, Elias is forced to run.
​But the hunted has a secret weapon: the mind of an archivist. Using his unique ability to connect forgotten facts and uncover buried secrets, he turns the tables on his pursuers. Aided by a reclusive historian and a tenacious journalist, Elias races to expose a truth that connects corporate boardrooms to the darkest corners of law enforcement.
​As the net tightens and the body count rises, Elias learns that the price of the truth may be his life. In a war fought with information, the last witness holds the only proof that can bring down an empire-if he can stay alive long enough to use it.