The Traitor's Codex

<p><strong>She trusted the wrong person. Now everyone will pay the price.</strong></p><p>At the elite Ironheart Academy mastering elemental magic isn't just education-it's survival. For seventeen-year-old <strong>Lina</strong> whose volatile powers mark her as both prodigy and outcast keeping her abilities hidden seems safer than facing the truth: she's more powerful than anyone suspects.</p><p>But secrets have a way of exploding at the worst possible moments.</p><p><strong>When her first elemental trial becomes a spectacular disaster Lina's carefully constructed world begins to crumble.</strong></p><p>Political factions are rising within the academy's marble halls. Students choose sides in dangerous games of loyalty and ambition. And someone Lina trusts completely-someone who knows her deepest fears and greatest strengths-commits the ultimate betrayal.</p><p><strong>The ally who promised to protect her becomes the enemy determined to destroy her.</strong></p><p><strong>Now Lina must master not just her explosive elemental magic but the even deadlier art of knowing who to trust.</strong></p><p>As hidden truths about her past surface and the academy's leadership reveals their dark agenda Lina discovers that her failures were never accidents. Her powers her struggles even her friendships-everything has been orchestrated by those she trusted most.</p><p><strong>The final trial isn't about mastering the elements. It's about surviving the people who claim to love you.</strong></p><p>In a climactic battle that will reshape Ironheart Academy forever Lina must unite fractured alliances embrace the full extent of her dangerous abilities and face an impossible choice: save the institution that betrayed her or watch it burn.</p><p><strong>Some lessons can only be learned through fire. Some truths can only be revealed through betrayal.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Perfect for readers who devoured:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Fourth Wing</strong> by Rebecca Yarros <em>(academy rivalries and elemental powers)</em></li><li><strong>The Atlas Six</strong> by Olivie Blake <em>(dark academia and magical competition)</em></li><li><strong>Red Queen</strong> by Victoria Aveyard <em>(dangerous powers and political betrayal)</em></li><li><strong>Shadow and Bone</strong> by Leigh Bardugo <em>(elemental magic and institutional corruption)</em></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Why readers are obsessed with this series:</strong></p><p><em>I stayed up until 3 AM because I HAD to know who betrayed Lina. The twist destroyed me.</em></p><p><em>Finally a magic academy where the real enemy isn't some distant villain-it's the person sitting next to you in Elemental Theory class.</em></p><p><em>Lina's journey from self-doubt to badass leader gave me chills. And that ending? I need Book 2 NOW.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong>What makes this book impossible to put down:</strong></p><p>✨ <strong>Unique Magic System:</strong> Elemental powers that respond to emotion-the more unstable you feel the more dangerous you become</p><p>