Another year gone at Kimberely Magic Academy means a new crop offirst-yearstudents.Oliver and his friends, now second-year students, seetheir studies growingincreasingly intense; the reality of life as a mage isa cold slap in the face.Dying for abreak, the six of them take a brief tripto the city of Galatea.But between clashes withstudents from a rivalmagical school and talk of assassinations in town from Chela'sfatherTheodore, the group's vacation might not be so relaxing after all...