Fiction – Fantasy – Dark Fantasy – Historical – Paranormal

RELEASE DATE: 9/17/2024 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER’S WAREHOUSE)

A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger.

Lennon Carters life is falling apart.

Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen becauselike everyone else at the schoolshe has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself.

After passing the test, Lennon begins to learn how to master her devastating and unsettling power. But despite persuasions heavy toll on her body and mind, she is wholly captivated by her studies, by Draytons lush, moss-draped campus, andby her brilliant classmates. But even more captivating isher charismatic adviser, Dante, who both intimidates and enthralls her.

As Lennon continues in her studies her control grows, and she starts to uncover more about the secret world she has entered into, including the disquieting history of Drayton college, and the way her mentors tragic and violent past intertwines with it.She is increasingly disturbed by what she learns. For it seems that the ultimate test is to embrace absolute power without succumbing to corruption . . . and it’s a test she’s terrified she is going to fail.

AUTHOR BIO:

Alexis Hendersonis the author ofHouse of Hungerand the Goodreads Choice Awards finalistThe Year of the Witching.When she’s not writing, you’ll find her tending to an assortment of houseplants or nursing a hot cup of tea.