The faculty of tamers doesn’t tolerate weaklings. There, future riders are trained—people who fly on midnight steeds and tame wild beasties. Isabelle went to Magjeryum without any magical gift and enrolled in a faculty where a fragile girl simply can’t survive. But the dream of riding on a midnight steed turned out to be stronger than any prejudice, stronger than the mockery and cruelty of her classmates. The only thing left is to overcome the dislike of the new curator—by coincidence, the best student of the faculty—and then she will be one step closer to her goal. And of course, the girl is ready for anything to awaken magic in herself. Only then will she be able to saddle a midnight steed and soar into the sky with the furious clapping of wings as black as night.