Amanda Obermann. Code name Iris. It s Testing Day. The day that comes without warning, the day when all juniors and seniors at The Peel Academy undergo a series of intense physical and psychological tests to see if they re ready to graduate and become government operatives. Amanda and her boyfriend Abe are top students, and they ve just endured thirty-six hours of testing. But they re juniors and don t expect to graduate. That ll happen next year, when they plan to join the CIA together. But when the graduates are announced, the results are shocking. Amanda has been chosen the first junior in decades. And she receives the opportunity of a lifetime: to join a secret government organization called the Annum Guard and travel through time to change the course of history. But in order to become the Eighth Guardian in this exclusive group, Amanda must say good-bye to everything her name, her family, and even Abe forever. Who is really behind the Annum Guard? And can she trust them with her life?"