At Nightshade Academy, magic is sacred, secrets are currency, and silence is survival.

Wren never expected to receive an invitation to the prestigious Nightshade Academy—a fortress of arcane knowledge and the seat of power for the mysterious, all-controlling Order. But from the moment she steps through the gates, she senses something is deeply wrong. The whispers of disappearances, the too-perfect students, and the ever-watchful eyes are more than just paranoia. The Order isn't just shaping minds—it's erasing them.

As Wren uncovers the truth, she learns the academy is built on lies, blood rituals, and a dark pact with an ancient, malevolent entity. Her forbidden magic, rooted in her traumatic past, marks her as a threat—and a potential sacrifice.

But she’s not alone.

Together with Willow, a brilliant nonbinary alchemist whose poems speak in secret truths, and Rowan, a trans boy quietly burning with righteous fury, Wren joins a quiet resistance: The Alchemy Society. Among spells, potions, and poetry, they unravel the Order’s chilling purpose—one that targets queer students, rebels, and anyone who dares to resist.

As danger mounts and allies vanish, Wren must decide: stay silent and survive, or rise and become the rebellion the Order never saw coming.

Dark, lyrical, and fiercely queer, The Order is a gothic academic fantasy about identity, trauma, and the power of defiance in the face of oppression.