About the book: 2023 / This world is harsh with the magicians of Chaos. Each of them must undergo training within the walls of the Academy and forever subordinate their lives to the will of others, or lose their gift, and with it their life. Kirsten, nicknamed “Spike,” did not of her own free will find herself on the threshold of the Faculty of Forbidden Spells, which is controlled by one of the outcasts - a traitor who voluntarily bowed his head before the Academy Council. Kirsten Ship does not know what will happen to her next. She wants to survive, to gain freedom at any cost, and sent all her feelings into the Abyss: there is no place for joy and love in the faculty of outcasts. Only Chaos has its own plans for the young witch…