

Over the course of one year, they study in the Society’s mansion headquarters, learning more about magic and each other, all while knowing that at the end, they must choose to eliminate one of their number.

Each initiate has a skill set: Libby Rhodes and Nicolás Ferrer de Varona, long-standing rivals from their college days, are both physicists, practitioners of elemental magic Reina Mori is a naturalist Parisa Kamali is a powerful telepath while Callum Nova is her equal as an empath and Tristan Caine has the power to see through illusions. It begins as six young medeians, the most magically adept members of the populace, are initiated into the Alexandrian Society, the secretive body that alone has access to the reborn Library of Alexandria and all mystical knowledge therein. This melodramatic, series-opening magical school tale from Blake ( The Answer You Are Looking for Is Yes) eschews action adventure for more cerebral, emotional beats.
