The Unacknowledged Sources

By Nadia Cross

Some discoveries don't just rewrite history. They detonate it.

When a celebrated historian's posthumous papers arrive for cataloguing, research librarian Vera Strand expects the usual disorder of a famous man's legacy. What she uncovers instead is a systematic theft - stolen field research, buried citations, and a Lummi scholar named Agnes Tallfeather who surrendered fifty years of silence in exchange for a single subordinate clause.

But Agnes's silence wasn't a choice. It was a sentence.

As Vera reconstructs what happened in 1975, the past refuses to stay buried. A landmark Indigenous land rights case hinges on the very research Hale stole. A gubernatorial candidate is building his campaign on his father's fraudulent legacy. A law firm with deep roots in disputed territory is watching her every move. And two FBI agents arrive wearing the wrong kind of helpfulness.

Vera has spent her career believing that a citation either holds or it doesn't. Now she must decide whether that conviction is a principle - or a shield.

A meticulous, quietly devastating thriller about institutional silence, stolen knowledge, and the unbearable cost of letting the truth finally speak.

The Unacknowledged Sources is available now. Pick up your copy today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWK34CFC
• ISBN13: 9798255541614
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"