Bloomsbury Publishing
October 2026
On Sale: October 13, 2026
352 pages ISBN: 8260200430 EAN: 9798260200438 Kindle: B0GMQ3XCL6 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
An ambitious alchemist must uncover her university's dark secrets while trying to escape from her mysterious past in this electrifying debut. On a rain‑soaked night in modern‑day Paris, Larkspur Lee and her academic rivals find themselves at the center of an impossible crime‑the murder of their university's headmistress, the immortal Petronelle Flamel.
In the aftermath of Flamel's death, the school devolves into chaos. The mysterious investigator assigned to the case, Violaine, believes a cult known as the Promethean Genesis is responsible for Flamel's murder. But Lark, who knows all too well what kind of horrors that the Prometheans commit, will do anything to stay out of the cult's reach. Matters are complicated when the mentor she crossed an ocean and a continent to escape re‑enters her life, enticing her to his side once again while secretly wielding an agenda of his own.
As the Prometheans' plans come to fruition and the university's dark history comes to light, Lark has no choice but to decide whether the power she desires is truly worth the price.
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