In this Babel meets Six of Crows adventure, in a world still suffering the consequences of colonialism, four budding students must overcome their differences and work together to prove themselves at the world’s first, and worst, international university, whilst bringing out both the best and worst in one another. Most people dream of changing their life. Many people plan how to get there. Few work to do so. Only a handful achieve it. On a remnant of an empire long gone from the earth, Ornanbys University welcomes those who failed the exams to get anywhere else. Having failed for numerous reasons, four students from across a broken world are forced together, only joined in two things: their resentment for having ended up there, and their desire to prove themselves. After an assassination attempt, a coup, and a murder, they’ll be forced together and learn more than they bargained for. But will they be a part of the solution for a world on the brink, or will their own selfish desires and fears only doom it further? ...

In the Kingdom of Rydhses, everyone knows their place: the Wedhen in the baobab trees; the Dowra on the waters; the Leur under the earth. With prophecies available for little coin, no crime can be undiscovered, no day can be unpredictable, your life is in the hands of the gods. Until it’s discovered, in a year’s time, the prophecies are no more. For 21 years Vanna knew her role in the story: sorcerer, researcher, and unquestioning daughter to the Divine Ruler. But when she awakens to find herself alone in its pages, the future unwritten and the realm seemingly in her hands, she must venture to the world below for answers. Unlikely friends, ever-changing enemies, and a world that has already ended… how can she save her people from themselves? ...