The Mysterious Curators of the Vita Brevis Arts Bureau

James is a young art history student from Memphis with a quick mind full of questions, a keen eye for design, and a thirst for the kind of adventure his sleepy hometown cannot possibly satisfy. When he arrives in London at the turn of the millennium for graduate studies at the prestigious Vita Brevis Arts Bureau, he finds a glittering new world of cosmopolitan classmates from around the world, each with their own particular genius that makes James wonder if he's got what it takes to make his mark on the contemporary international art scene where Curators write the rules of future histories. Together, they discover secrets their school has masterfully hidden for centuries. Each must decide if they will become part of the next generation of its guardian curators, or if the bureau's work is too powerful to continue into the 21st century.