In The Shadows

Two hundred years in the future, everyone lives in Antarctica, which has been divided into the 7 kingdoms of Amity, Aliah, Esandor, Amarllia, Beneva, Belossa and Kultealias. With wars raging, there's only one safe place: a school where legendary soldiers go. But as Ella, Zara, Sam, and Charlie leave their families behind, they arrive invited to join. They quickly realise that the school is both magical and evil as they manipulate the students to become their soldiers in the continent's civil wars. Additionally, they face a monster called a Bon-crocker, which takes over people's minds after they die. It appears almost unchanged, with the only visible change being that their eyes become mindlight black in the dark. Meanwhile, Maxie and Reece are fighting to join them as they run from the kings and queens who wish them dead by joining the school. As their siblings are dragged into the fight, they work together to free everyone.

Ella Stark is a shy girl who appears to have no magical powers, unlike her classmates. Samatha Williams has the unique power to shift, which she uses when escaping, but she comes back for everyone cause she can't leave her friends behind. Maxie and Reece are two immortal teenagers who, despite their looks, have already escaped from the school. Years later, they are being hunted down, so they are forced to return to where they find things are worse than before. Zara Larson knew what the school was like when she arrived, so she already had plans on how to use her magical powers of communication to escape. However, Charlie Smith's power of sleep gets in her way.