At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healing gift has five years to master their power and to prepare for the infamous Grand Exam – a five-day trial whose results will determine their entire future.

The list of exam rules includes: You will perform five practical cases. Your exam group is chosen at random. You pass together, or fail together.

It does not include: On the first day, your exam group will find Ysabel Caudotte – the undisputed genius of your cohort – dead in the exam hall. From Clement, the grieving best friend hiding a dark secret, to Estienne, the arrogant son of the Head Healer set to inherit Ysabel’s top rank, this particular group all have something to hide... and all have a connection to the dead girl. Five scholars.

Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world.

Are you ready?
 
Let’s begin.