I had only one year left to study. One year—and I could get the freedom and independence I’d dreamed of since childhood. But a sudden and very suspicious death of my mother overturned my world. She left behind a lot of questions, and the only chance to find answers is to go to the Republic’s most elite university. I thought that the snobbery of my new classmates would be my main problem, but I was wrong. The answers I’m looking for may cost me my life, and for some reason I’m now more concerned about the life of the local rector—over whom hangs a curse.