The Department is told from two alternating perspectives. You have Neil Weber, a philosophy professor, who is stuck in his past and his own trauma. He is recently divorced, has zero motivation for his job and has seemingly lost his fire. The other is Lucia Vanotti, a female college student at the same University where Neil teaches, and she has now disappeared. Neil becomes obsessed with the disappearance of Lucia, a student that he has never even met, but their paths keep crossing and clues keep bringing Neil into investigation. Why?
Red herrings and clues are dropped in each and every chapter as to what happened to Lucia and who did what. This book is a dance between love and hate, between safety and tragedy, between secrets and the truth. The heart of this book is set among students and members of the Philosophy Department which brings forward research from philosophers like Friedrich Nietzche, Greek gods like Dionysus and Apollo and secrets and emotions that cannot remain hidden forever. Control, sex and power chase each other across the pages leaving the reader breathless with the truth is revealed.
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