Nocticadia is a gothic dark academia romance novel by Keri Lake about Lilia Vespertine, a student who attends the prestigious but mysterious Dracadia University to find a cure for the parasite that killed her mother. While there, she becomes entangled in a forbidden romance with her dark and enigmatic parasitology professor, Devryck "Dr. Death" Bramwell. The story combines secrets, a haunted island campus, and a complex student-professor relationship, as Lilia uncovers her family's past and the university's dark history.