The Knighthood Trials are supposed to be hard. They aren't supposed to be murder...Abyowith expected to join the Knights of the Exculpatory Order and fight miscreations-magical creatures plaguing the countryside. All she needs is overcome her little problem with magic.She did not expect to lose everything and be rescued by the very same knights, or that Marfolio, Captain of the mysterious Stalkers, would take an interest in her, or that she would fail the Knights' magical ability test.And she certainly wasn't expecting one of her fellow Initiates to be brutally murdered.Now, with suspicion falling on her, and her future in the Knights at stake, Abyowith must pass her magic test, learn what the captain of the Stalkers wants, and discover who is killing her fellow initiates before the murderer comes after her...