At Everdeen College in Elmview, Washington, Leslie Smith's first semester transforms from an ordinary college experience into a chilling race against time. After the shocking discovery of her dead roommate Zoey Montgomery. Leslie is thrust into a labyrinth mystery that tests the limits of reality and plunges her into the darkest corridors of history.
Navigating a world where truth blurs with deception, Leslie finds her every action scrutinized, and realizes that even those closest to her might be part of a vast and sinister conspiracy. As an outsider and one of the few out-of-state students, she relies on her new boyfriend and only friend Clara.
Leslie dives into the town's dark history where a secret society are more far-reaching than anyone could have imagined. Leslie must decide how much she's willing to risk to expose the Cadre and solve Zoey's murder-before she becomes the next victim.