The Adroit

The Adroit Stone - Book One

The Adroit

For ten years, Olivia has lived a lie.

In a world where powers manifest for some during adolescence, those gifted with magical abilities are the Adroit. Those without are the Ordinary.

Olivia has spent the last decade pretending to be the latter.

At eighteen, she manifested a power far more dangerous than she could have imagined; mind control. Terrified that Spectra, the government responsible for recruiting and training Adroit soldiers, would use her ability as a weapon, Olivia concealed her manifestation and built an ordinary life, hiding who she really is and what she's capable of.

But now, at twenty-eight, hiding is no longer an option.

Olivia reports to Central College as an adult recruit, pardoned for her previous concealment due to her unique and powerful magic. During her training she expects suspicion from her peers, curious looks, even fear. What she doesn't expect is Knox.

A powerful Spectra unit commander. A merciless combat instructor at the college. A man who has spent years fighting the Apostate, a faction of Adroit determined to wipe out the Ordinary and live in a world with only Adroit people.

Knox is everything Olivia should stay away from.

Unfortunately for her, staying away from him is virtually impossible, and the more time she spends with him, the more she realises she doesn't want to stay away.

In a world divided by the gifted, the powerless, and those determined to eradicate the latter, trust can be even more dangerous than magic.

And Olivia is about to discover that there are some secrets far more dangerous than her own...