Aurelia Wren arrives at Aegis Academy three years late and is assigned to the Academy’s most infamous squad. Surrounded by elite fighters, dangerous secrets, and a war slowly brewing beyond the Veils, she quickly discovers that nothing about the Academy is what it seems. Especially Cassian Hale. The Academy’s golden boy is talented, reckless, impossible to ignore—and determined to get under her skin. As old threats begin to awaken and the line between worlds starts to break, Aurelia must decide who she can trust before everything she has come to love is torn apart. Because some recruits arrive late for a reason.