Wretched is the first part of the Wretched Series.

Daniel is last chair violist at Dragon West Performance Academy. Only the most elite performers in the country are allowed into this school, but he's struggling to remain one of them. With a strict orchestra teacher yelling at him for every note and a mysterious murderer on the loose leaving victims in a bass case, focusing on his technique has gotten a whole lot more difficult. All that he can hope for is that he'll live to see another day.