When the world's best magicians are offered an extraordinary
opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive
Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge
from ancient civilizations. Their members enjoy a lifetime of
power and prestige. Yet each decade, only six practitioners
are invited - to fill five places.
Contenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable
enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their
minds. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind's
deepest secrets. Reina Mori is a naturalist who can perceive
and understand the flow of life itself. And Callum Nova is an
empath, who can manipulate the desires of others. Finally
there's Tristan Caine, whose powers mystify even himself.
Following recruitment by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they
travel to the Society's London headquarters. Here, each
must study and innovate within esoteric subject areas. And if
they can prove themselves, over the course of a year, they'll
survive. Most of them.

Olivie Blake is a lover and writer of stories, and is the pen name of Alexene Farol Follmuth. As Olivie, she has been published as the featured fiction contributor for Witch Way Magazine, as well as the writer for the self-published graphic series Alpha and a variety of other titles. As Alexene, My Mechanical Romance (her debut YA novel) is due for release in May 2022 from Holiday House. Alexene lives and works in Los Angeles, where she is generally tolerated by her rescue pit bull. She can be loosely defined as the sort of person who picked up sparring to help her write fight scenes.