«Academy of Penta» is a novel by Alena Volkina in the genres of detective, romance, and romantic fantasy: a magical academy, adventures, and mysteries all under one cover.
Siny is sure that her number one trouble is the constant lack of money. She dreams of enrolling in the Academy of Penta to study to become an artifactor and obtain the cherished license.
But everything gets complicated already during the entrance exams: Siny unexpectedly falls in love with a gifted student, and an immediate conflict of interests arises between them. Besides, it turns out that talent alone isn’t enough—fighting will be required just for the right to study at the Academy of Penta.
And then it becomes completely impossible to study: a murder occurs on campus. The victim, as it turns out, had managed to cross paths with many people, and someone starts planting evidence so that Siny looks like the main suspect. And then she realizes: the real problem now isn’t poverty, but the chance to make it to tomorrow.