From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Hang a Witch comes a thriller set at a
secretive boarding school where students are trained to carry on family legacies that have
built--and toppled--empires. November is as good as dead. She just doesn't know it yet. At the
Academy Absconditi there's no electricity no internet and an archaic eye-for-an-eye
punishment system. Classes range from knife throwing and poisons to the art of deception. And
the students? Silver-spoon descendants of the world's most elite strategists--all training to
become asassins spies and master imporsonators. One is a virtuoso of accents--and never to be
trusted. Another is a vicious fighter determined to exploit November's weaknesses. And then
there's the boy with the mesmerizing eyes and a secret agenda. November doesn't know how an
ordinary girl like her fits into the school's complicated legacy. But when a student is
murdered she'll need to separate her enemies from her allies before the crime gets pinned or
her...or she becomes the killer's next victim.
