Josh knew that life in one of the Upper Cities wasn't going to be easy to get used to, but never did he plan on investigating a series of murders together with his roommate, Ayria Hawthorn. Three Senior Engineers have been killed in a way sacrilegious to everything logical reasoners hold dear - with Magik. In a City where Science and Magik exist in an uneasy truce, the smallest imbalance might send everything spiraling out of control, resulting in an all-out war between the two Guilds. Unless Ayria and Josh can find the Summoner responsible and turn him over to the Watch, chaos may soon reign unchecked in Old London...
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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