SIX RIVALS. ONE VICTOR. ETERNITY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. “A twisty and thrilling dark academia fantasy that will have you enthralled from the very first page.” —Ava Reid,#1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning Six students compete to change their fate at a darkly enchanted boarding school in purgatory where graduation is the only escape—and love can cross the boundaries between life and death. This stunning hardcover edition will feature gorgeousflower-patterned sprayed edgescolored endpapersand an exclusive foil-stamped case! Welcome to Blackwood Academy: the legendary school located on the fringes of the afterlife. Once a pupil enters the academy’s arched gatesthere is no way out…except the Decenniala cut-throat magical competition with only one victor. This yearsix of the Academy’s top students have been chosen to face the Decennial’s tests. Two academic archrivalswhose strange connection blurs the lines between obsession and hate. One girl driven solely by ambitionand another plagued by memories of the love she lost. And a charming playboy who never cared for anyone—until he met the academy’s newest student. But what none of them know? They aren’t the only ones playing Blackwood’s game. Who will winand who will fall? Only one thing is for certain: in this gamesome fates are worse than death. Book One of the Souls of Blackwood Academy Series