Everin Oveo isn't your average high school senior. There aren't many students who have to worry about making it to their philosophy class on time and solving a series of grisly murders. Evil stalks the halls of the Wysemore School for the Gifted, and the brilliant but troubled Everin has no shortage of suspects. At the top of Everin's list is the snobbish Vixley Carrington IV, a billionaire's son who has just returned from a mysterious absence. A day after Everin runs into Vixley on campus, both the philosophy teacher and the chief custodian are murdered. A strange substitute teacher, who communicates only through the school intercom system, tasks Everin and his class with catching the culprit. Complicating things is the appearance of a hooded man who indicates that not everything is as it seems. As Everin and his curious classmates delve deeper into the mystery, they'll learn that the violence was no ordinary act of human malice.

There is something much bigger happening at this staid old school, and the murderer's identity isn't the only secret as yet uncovered. When Everin discovers the truth, it will shatter his entire world.