Witch Girl Study Group

Dark gods and witch girls, name a more iconic duo. Jake works at the newest, and technically oldest, excavation site in America. As a janitor. Not quite an archeology major’s wet dream. But then, an ancient pillar awakens, and Jake switches lives with a doppelganger in another world. This world’s Jake happens to be a top prospect at the magical Aether Academy…and a servant of a dark god who expects repayment for his boon. If he’s going to live long enough to find a way home, Jake will need a little help.

As Jake begins his first real semester at Aether Academy, a shocking murder threatens to ruin it. When he finds out that one of his friends may be the killer, he’ll stop at nothing to find her and figure out why.

Tensions rise in Aether Academy as cultists from the Knights of Eradication gather at its border. Angry protests threaten to turn into something much more dangerous, and an outside influence seems to fuel their confidence. Meanwhile, a mysterious patron approaches Jake with a job for the Shadows. All he needs to do is help take down one of the most powerful mages in the world. Jake needs to balance his priorities. He searches for a way to break his ties to the dark God Vethris, develops his own fighting style as he chooses his next round of classes, and adds a new member to the study group.

Despite being instrumental to the defense of Aether Academy, Jacob Pratts identity as a Shadow and a fraud lands him in prison. Jake will stand trial under Theid's replacement, Headmaster Doriah. She's ready to make a name for herself as the school begins to rebuild, and that means making an example of the Shadows and Knights who were captured during Aether Academy's assault. There are two options: exorcism and execution. Will cutting him off from the dark god Vethris be enough, or will the school decide to put Jake down for good?

Jake is more powerful than ever, but can he save Aether, his mother, and his estranged brother at the same time? The man who started everything, Jake’s father, is undercover as a visiting scholar. He threatens Jake’s mother and works in the shadows to broker a deal that would make him Headmaster of his own school, but what is he really after?