At the edge of a forest where secrets don’t stay buried, James Brown High School trains the nation’s brightest minds—and hides its darkest truths.
When Jesse, a quiet transfer student raised by a so-called mad herbalist, arrives at the school, he believes he is escaping the politics that killed his parents. What he doesn’t know is that the school is a crossroads for ancient power systems, political conspiracies, and forces that decide who is allowed to live freely—and who must be controlled.
Behind closed doors, senators and ministers bargain with supernatural sects. In the shadows, forgotten rituals awaken. And somewhere between classrooms, dormitories, and forbidden halls, a power known as Selina watches—testing, choosing, destroying.