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.
