Dr. Alistair Finch studies failure. As an archivist of lost causes, his life is defined by apathy and safe choices—making him the perfect inheritor of Veridian Keep, a sprawling, dilapidated Victorian mansion that feels like a tomb.

The house, Alistair soon discovers, is an eternal prison for the world’s most catastrophic mistakes: the Forgotten Quests. Haunted by a handful of uncanny, long-term boarders, the Keep serves as a psychic sinkhole, sealing away the only force capable of true change—the Dragons, creatures of pure courage and creation.

A young Dragon named Ignis is fading, poisoned by the world’s pervasive inertia. Alistair, the most reluctant of heroes, must now delve into the archives of failure, physically shifting the House through time to solve the ancient, hidden mistakes of his tenants.

To free a Dragon, Alistair must first confront the ultimate forgotten quest: his own. And if he fails, the most dangerous thing in the world—Apathy—will win.