A juvenile court judge sentences sixteen-year-old Sing to the custody of an alternative education school for a crime that isn't his fault. In this new, disciplined environment far removed from Sing's failing inner city school, he thrives. Sing has the opportunity to finally make something of his life and a chance to escape his impoverished circumstances. Except the school also has a dark side. The director is a bizarre manipulator. Discipline is enforced by a goon squad of security guards and a creepy lack of privacy. Sing suspects an elite group of graduates known as Heralds to be involved in global conspiracy and murder. If true, then who is giving the Heralds their orders? What do they want from him? What is the real purpose behind the school? Who are the school's benefactors, and what is their agenda? As Sing unravels the secrets behind The Rich V. Gemthe Academy, powerful people lure him ever-deeper into their clandestine world of terror. He might be able to escape. If he is fast enough.