Welcome to the Tower of London, where dark magic always comes with a price. . . Uncontrollable Shadow Magic, pleas from her dead father, a mysterious enchanted book, and enemies at her door. Eighteen-year-old Azalea Sharp thinks life can't get any worse until she is driven into hiding at a secret magic school in the Tower of London. Struggling to hide her dark secrets, Azalea quickly learns that not all magic is equal. Then she meets the enigmatic Torin Dumont, a notorious shadow mage with secrets of his own. With more than her own life at stake, will his help be enough? Or will the darkness she brought forth unleash itself on London? Initiate is a spellbinding new adult urban fantasy and the first book in the Shadow Atlas series.