#1 in subterfuge 6/23/2020*** After being admonished by the Prosemaster himself for not doing as he asked, Dakota is determined to do better. Setting out once again to complete his task, she discovers something. Something old. Something eerie. Something that has her back at the infirmary moments later. She doesn't know what's going on. She doesn't understand the secrets she's unveiling. Time goes on, and the very fabric of her world seems to fall apart as friends and foes alike begin to shed their facades and reveal who they truly are. Wars of deception and betrayal soon rage across the Institute and the city of Aktanta with Dakota finding herself in the center of it all, for better or for worse. As allies and mentors fade away, Dakota is forced to face who she is, who she was, and who she'll choose to be.