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.