Yesterday I was an ordinary student at the Academy. Today I’ve got an alien symbiote instead of my spine, and a sarcastic AI in my head knows a thousand ways to upgrade my body. But half of them are illegal, and the other half are forbidden in all religions at once… I jump like an acrobat, tear the Gifted apart like paper, and click through the Great Unsolvable Equations faster than I can open a beer. I see strange dreams where I’m not me, but someone ancient and powerful. Like our dean after the third cup of coffee. The aristocrats sharpen their teeth on my backbone. A vigilant beauty from the student council burns holes in me with her gaze—like I’m either insane, or her future boyfriend…
Earlier, I wanted to survive on a scholarship. Now I just need to survive…