**In this thrilling dark academia mystery that begins a year after the sudden disappearance of a student at an elite boarding school, his brother finds clues that can help him and his friends solve their school's most elusive puzzle—and find his brother, dead or alive.
"Perfect for Wednesday and The Inheritance Games fans . . . packed with backstabbing, puzzles, and a secret order that leaves you wondering what they could be doing in the darkness."—Parade**
It's been a year and a half since Sutter Heyward's brother, Lawson, disappeared from the secluded campus of Meddlehart Academy. Everyone has given up on finding him except for Sutter, who can't shake the feeling that he's out there somewhere and desperately needs help to make it home.
That is, until he and his friends uncover clues that Lawson was searching for their school's rumored buried treasure the night he went missing . . . and there is a secret society on campus still trying to find it. They are the Order of the Vipers. Sutter and his friends don't hesitate to join the hunt, but they quickly realize that becoming a Viper involves dangerous initiation rituals where the risk is often greater than the reward.
With every clue and secret they uncover, Sutter knows they are one step closer to solving the mystery of his brother's disappearance. But as he digs closer to the deadly truth, he will discover that some things were meant to stay buried.
