Since Anastasia was five years old she’s been suffering from a strange disease that slowly rots her skin and damages her mind. It sends her into rages and summons winds where there should be none. This is an old disease with no cure. Those who get infected are executed. Her mother has decided to send her to a hidden-away school in a neighboring country. Although she won’t tell Anastasia why, it’s clear that her mother has given up on her. Anastasia will need to keep her wits about her and her secrets close to her chest. Not everything is as it seems at this school, and not everybody is telling the truth. Four other children are being sent to the same school. Hannah, dragged by a strange guardian. Émile, because of his father. Sofia and Sonya, forced by a betrayal from their sponsor. Soon enough, all five of them will be linked together against their wills. One of them is being hunted. One of them will make the school a target. One of them is bringing death upon them all.