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“THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT I AM CURSED.”

Series Overview

A cursed and suicidal teen with unnaturally gifted abilities fights to end his life as he’s continuously forced to save other students at an elite academy. But something much larger, and much darker, is growing under the surface …

Volume I

GOD COMPLEX OF A SUICIDAL FREAK

Kane Academy student Zero Hale knows two things: that he is cursed, and that he wants to die. But his plans for suicide are interrupted when he discovers his classmate, Briar Thornswood, about to jump from the same bridge he is.

Suddenly, his entire existence is turned on its head.

Ending his own life now would just be irresponsible. So, obviously, there’s only one solution. Zero must find a way to make this mysteriously troubled girl happy to be alive, and then he can die.

A childhood rival, an anonymous mastermind, a case of stolen assignments, and a group of desperate students stand in the way of his goal, but nobody is prepared for what will happen once this cursed seventeen-year-old finally does that which he’s avoided doing at all costs: try.

(God Complex of a Suicidal Freak is the first volume in a YA dark academia mystery series with heavy ties to manga/light novels, including pictures and fourth-wall-breaking interactive elements throughout.)

CHAPTER BREAKDOWN

Volume II

FATAL GENIUS OF AN ARROGANT BASTARD

Zero Hale still isn’t dead.

And as president of Kane Academy’s newly formed Problem-Solving Club, his life isn’t about to get any easier.

First, there’s the violin competition. Myles Adrian is under pressure to perform at a prestigious event—except someone is sabotaging his every move. Now, Zero has been drafted as both his accompanist and his detective, kicking off an investigation that takes the entire club on a perilous field trip beyond the academy’s walls.

Then there’s Alina Carter. She’s the Ice Princess: cold, untouchable, and absolutely the only person alive who hates Zero more than he hates himself. Oh, and she’s also being targeted by a psychotic stalker—a threat so terrifying it forces her into Zero’s path. With lives at stake, working together might be their only chance, but surviving each other could prove just as difficult.

Meanwhile, the enigmatic “X” watches over it all … Waiting. Plotting. Obsessing.

With each case building pressure, and a mounting number of people relying on him, Zero is forced past his limits as he comes to a startling realization:

Ending his own life used to seem impossible; now, it might just be unnecessary.

Because someone else may end it for him.

(Fatal Genius of an Arrogant Bastard is the second volume in Zero — a YA dark academia mystery series with heavy ties to manga/light novels, including pictures and fourth-wall-breaking interactive elements throughout.)

VOLUME II OUT NOW!!