Jane Thorne’s inheritance was supposed to be a fortune, a mansion, a legacy. Instead, it came with an ancient, sentient book and a death sentence. The book whispers secrets of a lost bloodline—Stormcallers, elemental wielders who were thought to be extinct. Now, Jane is the last of them, and people will kill him to erase the bloodline forever.

Before he can fully grasp his powers, an assassin named Elara infiltrates his home, dragging him into a hidden war. But instead of killing him, she delivers him to Smythriene Academy, a fortress disguised as a school where magic isn’t taught—it’s weaponized. Here, Jane is nothing but prey. The other students, trained killers and descendants of powerful bloodlines, see him as a weakling. The instructors do not teach; they punish failure.