In a nation recovering from the brutal War of the Four Nations, power is no longer measured by weapons, but by the mind. Gifted youths known as Paragons, born after the war’s end, possess supernatural abilities said to be “blessed by the gods.” These elite few are trained at the prestigious Sociis Defense Academy, where the country molds them into leaders, soldiers, and symbols of hope.

Talia Reyes is not one of them.

She wasn’t born lucky. No powers. No prestige. And after a late-night accident that leaves three dead and her miraculously unharmed. Talia finds herself accused, silenced, and sentenced… not to prison but something worse than death.