{"product_id":"shadows-of-the-academy-amy-webster-edmonds-9798233549533","title":"Shadows Of the Academy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShadows of the Academy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlackwood Academy does not teach magic.\u003cbr\u003eIt teaches survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Elara has learned the most important lesson of all: \u003cem\u003estay invisible\u003c\/em\u003e. At Blackwood, strength is currency, cruelty is routine, and the weak are punished publicly to remind everyone else where they stand. Trials are mandatory. Food is earned. Mercy does not exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElara survives by watching instead of acting-by noticing the smallest shifts in posture, tone, and silence. While others fight for dominance, she learns the patterns that govern the Academy's violence. She scavenges. She hides. She endures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil the Academy notices her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs surveillance tightens and the trials grow more brutal, Elara realizes Blackwood isn't just a school-it's a controlled system designed to break, shape, and weaponize its students. And she is no longer just another shadow slipping through its halls. Someone is watching her closely. Testing her. Teaching her how the game is really played.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKai is not like the others. He does not compete. He does not threaten. He observes-calm, calculating, and dangerously intelligent. Through him, Elara begins to understand that power at Blackwood isn't about brute force. It's about positioning. Pressure. Knowing when to disappear-and when to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut insight comes at a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo survive, Elara must step out of the shadows she's relied on her entire life. She must decide whether dignity is worth the risk of visibility, and whether understanding the system means becoming part of it. Because Blackwood does not reward rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt consumes it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShadows of the Academy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a dark, psychological fantasy about survival under constant surveillance, the quiet brutality of institutions, and the dangerous knowledge that seeing the truth can be just as deadly as ignorance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Webster Edmonds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233549533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Webster Edmonds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Amy Webster Edmonds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089515196671,"sku":"9798233549533","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_540d6bbd-f888-4874-9cf6-01ae7bc46e2a.jpg?v=1769110752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadows-of-the-academy-amy-webster-edmonds-9798233549533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}