Corey Dixon had never heard of a school that selected its own students. Not to mention, she had just completed her undergraduate studies. There must be some mistake. Though... she couldn't simply ignore her curiosity about this pioneer settlement tucked away in a remote Canadian forest, its promise that it was a place of learning unlike any she would ever encounter, and its unique curriculum that immersed students in a wholly unique society. Before she knows it, Corey and a group of new, though strangely familiar friends, find themselves faced with another mystery: the wholesome message of teaching humans to again live in harmony with their surroundings might actually be a cover. This school has deeper secrets, nestled in the impossibly old ruins concealed among the towering, ancient trees, and whispered, seemingly, by the breeze itself. The deeper Corey digs, however, the more dangerous it becomes. Who are these Nine, rumoured to be reincarnated together time and again at precisely the moment civilizations fall? How were these unlikely friendships forged in the face of their political, social, and spiritual differences? And why does it all feel a little too familiar? Through a tangle of history and myth, escalating danger, and unsettling experiences that leave the friends questioning everything they've ever believed to be true about the world they live in, Corey finds herself in a race against time to find answers that could change not only the lives of her closest friends, but the fate of the world as she knows it.

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