Close to graduation, all our heroine needs to do is focus on her studies and maintain her position at the head of the class. The only obstacle? Her insufferably competent rival. His family has deep ties to one of the world's biggest magic distributors, and the pressure to come first is anything but optional. But something is off. His father is acting strange, and there are whispers of uncontrollable surges of wild magic rippling through the city.

When those surges start rocking London with explosions, chaos, and familiars going feral, our two rivals find themselves reluctantly and inconveniently involved. Both of their careers are in danger before they've even begun.⁠ ⁠ Armed with their training, their rivalry, and our heroine's deeply judgmental cat familiar, the two of them have no choice but to team up. Diagnosing the magical chaos is hard enough. Ignoring what's surging between them is proving even harder.⁠