A Lesson in Curses

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>An ancient and unholy university. </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)> </span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>A brilliant tutor with a dark past. </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)> </span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>A grad student determined to end a curse.</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)> </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>Laura has come to study curse-breaking at Oxford's Cornix College with one goal: to stop dark magic from pursuing anyone who cares for her. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>Solitary talented countermancer Cillian is simply filling in for a missing lecturer - or so it seems. His true purpose at Cornix is the investigation of a disturbing pattern of deaths and disappearances. And he's noticed the grad student who avoids music - and attracts tragedy. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>In the competitive Faculty of Arcane Sciences darkness and fascination twist around Cillian and Laura like a forest of thorns. They soon find themselves locked in a mutual battle to resist temptation and maintain secrecy.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)> </span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(18 18 18 0.75)>Who will hold out the longest especially when succumbing tastes so sweet?</strong></p><p></p>