Fiction – Fantasy – Dark Fantasy – Romance

RELEASE DATE: 12/30/2025 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER’S WAREHOUSE)

A modern-day dark academia fantasy with a twist, perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education.

Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bonesand forbidden magicof its most prized BIPOC studentshiding the rot of a secret society that will do anything to keep their own powers burning bright. No matter who they must sacrifice along the way.

Ellory Morgan is determined to prove that she belongs at Warren University, an ivy league school whose history is deeply linked to occult rumors and dark secrets. But as she settles into her Freshman year, something about the ornate buildings and shadowy paths feels strangelyfamiliar. And, with every passing day, that sense of dj vu grows increasingly sinister.

Despite all logic, despite all reason, despite all the rules of reality, Ellory knows one thing to be true: she has been here before. And if she can’t convince brooding legacy student Hudson Graves to help her remember a past that seems determined to slip through her fingers as if by some insidious magicthis time, she may lose herself for good.

“Draws readers into its spell before asking readers to consider who pays the true price of powerand what it means to refuse to let the powerful win.” Laura R. Samotin, author of The Sins on Their Bones

AUTHOR BIO:

Kamilah Cole is the bestselling author ofSo Let Them BurnandThis Ends in Embers. A graduate of New York University, Kamilah is usually playing Kingdom Hearts for the hundredth time, quoting early SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, or crying her way through Zuko’s redemption arc in Avatar: The Last Airbender.