Ruth Miranda

FIfteen years after the suicide of two of his friends, Ezra King returns to the prestigious University of St. Cyr, this time as a teacher. Following on the footsteps of his former mentor Darren Whitford, he reopens the elitist study group specialising in Chaos Alchemy, guiding his students in the pursuit of results that will make life easier for all the Nonpareil. When those connected to the prior group, of which Ezra was a part of, start showing up dead, his own demons resurface, and the ghosts lying dormant in St. Cyr threaten to rise from their graves...

This book contains mention of violence, eugenics, rape, and explicit sex scenes.
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Alchemy of Chaos

	I toss and turn in bed, unable to sleep, the words repeating in my head. Tom's text, letting me know Brian Emerson's passed away after six months in a coma. Victim of a brutal assault, a robbery gone wrong, apparently. So this is why none of us could reach him. This is why he wasn't at Darren's funeral. It still does my head in, though. Of our old group, only Tom and I remain, now, and Tom seems terrified. I called him as soon as I got the text; he was skittish and elusive at best, questioning why we were all dying. Speaking as if we're being hunted one by one. 


Chapter 17