Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends and dead-end jobs. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. But Alex is offered a second chance ... A tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.