Outcasts of the Darkstone Academy

The empire is preparing for war, and as they say, someone has to take the fall... And now at the best magic academy, Darkstone, a course has been gathered consisting of thieves, mercenaries, and other criminal scum from the capital.... We didn't want to be here. We were brought here against our will. Our methods are far from 'permissible,' and our skills have nothing to do with the legal way of conducting combat. And who would have thought that only the knowledge gained in the urban slums would help us survive during the school year in the perfect society of law-abiding adepts?... Not just survive, but also untangle a web of intrigues, unravel the mystery of the prisoner of the Black Tower, and, no less, uncover an assassination attempt on his majesty the Emperor of Sredimiria!