In the fall of 1991, Zachary "Zooey" Orson transfers to the Blackfriars School for Boys following a scandal at his previous school. However, he quickly learns that he isn’t the only student keeping a secret. Before he knows it, he’s fallen in with a group of boys who all share the same secret, one which they can only express openly within the safety of the clandestine gatherings of the Vicious Circle—the covert club for gay students going back decades. But when the boys unwittingly happen upon the headmaster’s copy of an arcane occult text, they unleash an eldritch secret so terrible, it threatens to consume them all.
A queer paranormal story set during the still-raging AIDS crisis, Fraternity examines a time not so long ago when a secret brotherhood lurked in the shadows. What would Zooey and his friends do to protect their found family?
Tropes in this series include:
- Asshole Victim: Ryan Godfrey
- Boarding School: The Blackfriars School for Boys is this
- True Companions: The Vicious Circle sophomores in 1991 and spring of 1992
- Lotus-Eater Machine: The Crossroads does this to Orson
