As the focal point of a society built more upon willpower and with intellectual energy than a tall body or muscled back, the Tyrini Academy all but breeds individuals rich with culture, genius, and an intense grasp on the powerful dark magic known as Thaumaturgy. The Academy, however, is built on a secret history that not only altered the course of a kingdom's history, but redefined the very fabric of an entire people's genetic makeup.
Every Academy class is forced to undergo strict tests and daring trials, oftentimes to the point of injury or worse. The students are challenged in every possible way and are equipped to enter the world as scholars and sages, but nothing could prepare them for a lesson that defies everything they know.
Nothing can prepare them for their lesson in blood.
Lesson In Blood takes place within the rich and cultured fantasy kingdom of Alderia; a nation that is devastated by unending war, political intrigue, and entire civilizations birthed by Calamity itself. It is an individual part of the dark fantasy series The Alderian Chronicles, much like the fantasy adventure novel The Vengeance and the dark fantasy novel Deathbringer.