It's been three years since Lucian King lost his mother, his friend, and nearly his soul to a mage with designs on his shadow powers. Those same powers earned him a place with the secretive Choir organization. Now he has a new life and new friends and the time has come for him to join the Academy, the school all aspiring agents must pass before they can serve. But shadows like Lucian aren't normally allowed to be agents, and his presence is making waves as the shadow exception.