Dark Artefacts

A propulsive YA dark academia fantasy featuring two academic rivals vying for the heart of the same girl, only to get caught in a much deadlier game once a killer is discovered on campus.

Welcome to Langdon Prep, where power is a privilege you’d kill for.

When the rich and beautiful Barbie Fairfield is pushed off a cliff and dashed against the rocky shore of their elite, magical boarding school, scholarship student Poppy Peralta figures it has nothing to do with her. After all, Barbie was a bully, and Poppy has other things to worry about – like her nemesis and academic rival Aneil Hayashi swooping in to steal valedictorian and her best friend’s heart in one fell swoop.

But when Poppy and Neil discover a manufactured artefact, they reluctantly team up to steal and destroy it – unknowingly getting caught in the crosshairs of the new campus killer. Now, their lives are on the line. And Poppy can only hope Neil doesn’t stab her in the back before the killer does.

As the semester unfolds, death looms closer and desperation prompts the pair to set aside their differences to solve Barbie’s murder... And while secrets about the school and its history with dark magic come to light, so do Poppy’s feelings for Neil… Turns out, the line between love and hate is a lot finer than she thought.