At St. Augustine's Boarding School for the Elite, the lines between betrayal and loyalty, sin and virtue blur dangerously, where hierarchy eclipses dignity. In this novel, the distinction between saints and sinners is stark, echoing Oscar Wilde's words: "Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
Vilhelm Andersen, the backup Crown Prince of Sweden, is overshadowed by his unfeeling older brother Henrik and is resented by the king and queen. Shipped off like unwanted cargo to Winchester, Vilhelm transforms his entire appearance, becoming unrecognizable yet harbouring a monumental secret. At St. Augustine's, where he embodies Poe's ominous raven, Vilhelm untangles a web of messy friendships, especially one with Emrhys Campbell, the Crown Prince of the UK---and ends up falling for Stellan Eriksson. In a town of fractured hearts striving for mending, multiple relationships and pairings of saints and sinners intertwine, culminating in a descent into madness---à la folie.
One town, six pairings of saints and sinners---how many will find their happy ending?
"I want to write poems on your skin with my lips. Count me among the sinners once more, for I sin in your name, my dear raven."
Silvyr Sea once had his heart stolen by a Shadow whose name he never found out. The Shadow had posed as his arch-nemesis and had taken off after murdering a handful of Sea God royals. Now, Silvyr wants to track down him down and take back what is rightfully his......
A hundred years later, Silvyr finds clues that suggest the love of his life is in the Forsaken Tower, a place where unruly immortal teenagers go to get their morals straightened out (supposedly), where there are no rules and a ranking system that determines social status. Now more determined than ever, Silvyr infiltrates the Forsaken Tower as an unruly teenager, but he doesn't quite know who he's looking for.