Winterveil

The Secret History meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in #1 bestselling author Ava Reid's brand new, thrilling, dystopian YA novel. There is no application process for Valeran Academy, but it boasts the brightest - and precociously criminal - students in the nation. A disgraced politician from a powerful American dynasty. A coldly brilliant strategist who will sacrifice anything to win. A former pageant queen with a talent that could change the world. A prodigious female soldier with an enigmatic past - and a dangerous secret. With eerie war simulations, cutthroat competitions and foreboding new technology, Valeran trains its students to be elite assets in a Cold War that has dragged on for nearly a century. But as a sinister conspiracy takes shape and these four are drawn together for a mysterious mission, their loyalties are tested, their convictions shaken and they all begin to wonder: are they ushering in a new era of freedom, or tyranny?

Ava Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, A Theory of Dreaming, An Archive of Romance, Fable for the End of the World, Lady Macbeth, Juniper & Thorn, and The Wolf and the Woodsman. Her books have been published in over fourteen territories. She lives in the New York area. Follow her on Instagram @avasreid and find her online at tumblr.com/avasreid.