They call it the Academy. A secluded, cliff-top mansion overlooking the rugged Pacific coast. A school for children gifted  or cursed  with extraordinary minds. Children soon to come under the influence of an intelligence even more brilliant than their own  and unspeakably evil. For within this mind a dark plan is taking form. A plan so horrifying, no one will believe it. No one but the children. And for them it is already too late. Too late, unless one young student can resist the seductive invitation that will lead... into theShadows.