Nineteen-year-old Kay Walker seems to have it all, including an assured future with the Alliance after he graduates from the prestigious Academy. But when he and his friends discover the lure of the Passages, the place between the worlds where monsters hide, they’re caught up in a contest with rival student Aric - which soon escalates into a deadly game. A perfect life hides lies, and Kay becomes a target for alluring yet deadly magic he has no way of understanding. Magic is a force on its own, and on no one’s side… Delinquent is set two years before the events of Adamant. This is a standalone novella of around 20,000 words. (The Alliance novels are around 80,000 words each.) (Alternate cover edition of ASIN: B01278VTVQ)