Secrets. Betrayal. Seduction. Power. You are in the Alexandrian Society.

Knowledge is carnage. You can't acquire it without sacrifice. The Alexandrian Society, a vault of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, is the world's most exclusive secret society of scholarly magicians. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige. Only once every ten years, six uniquely talented magicians are chosen for the trials.

The six elite are Libby and Nico, who wield incredible control over matter, Reina, a naturalist who understands the language of nature, Parisa, a telepath who seduces to read others' thoughts, Callum, a manipulator with hallucinatory abilities who turns anyone he wants into a docile creature, and Tristan, who recognizes spells and illusions. When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they learn they will have one year for the final selection.

Who has the will and the ability to succeed, as reality blurs day by day and morality begins to erode? If the six candidates prove to themselves that they are the best, they will survive, at least most of them...