Words can create worlds – or destroy them. Helena Weidner is an archivist at Heidelberg University Library – reserved, brilliant, invisible to the world. But when a centuries-old text changes overnight, her reality begins to unravel. What at first seems like an error reveals itself as a doorway to an ancient truth: A secret order of Chroniclers guards magical writings that don’t just preserve history – they can rewrite it. Amid the fog of ancient alleyways, between literary shadows and forgotten books, a power awakens in Helena that she never thought possible. As a renegade Chronicler begins to rewrite Germany’s past, Helena must learn to control her gift – or watch as the world itself becomes fiction. A magical novel about the power of stories, the fragility of reality – and the question of who truly owns the written word. For those who love books. And for those who know that reading is never harmless.