When French author Philippe Aziz sat down to write his four-volume series "Doctors of Death" in the 1970s, he faced a challenge that would daunt even the most seasoned writer: how do you document humanity's descent into medical barbarism without losing your reader—or your own sanity—in the process?

"The goal of the fascist assault on education is to produce individuals who cannot think for themselves, who cannot question, who cannot challenge authority." - Jason Stanley, Erasing History

I've sat across from dozens of authors during strategy calls, and I've heard the same hesitant tone of voice more times than I can count.

The hesitation to take up space, to be loud, to tell their story.

I just finished Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning, and I highly recommend this book. It’s dark and moody, suspenseful and poignant. But more than that, it mirrors a profound shift we’re seeing in today’s society.