Some schools are built on knowledge. SVDA was built on secrets. When Ali Xandra Aldiora (A.K.A. ALEX) transfers to SVDA as an incoming Grade 11 student, she expects the usual struggles of being the new girl: unfamiliar hallways, distant classmates, and the exhausting work of starting over. She doesn't expect Dave Matthew Vianno. A mathematics prodigy and robotics genius. He's searching for something far more dangerous - stolen research publications taken from students who trusted SVDA with their work. But the deeper he investigates, the clearer one terrifying truth becomes: The stolen research is connected to a missing girl. Selene Luna vanished without explanation, and nobody inside SVDA seems willing to talk about her. Not the faculty, not the administration, and not even the students who once knew her. Every missing document points back to Selene. Every secret inside SVDA leads closer to a truth someone is desperate to bury. As Ali and Dave uncover the corruption hidden beneath the school's polished reputation, they realize they are no longer simply defending research. They are investigating a person. And at SVDA, asking the wrong questions can make someone disappear. Sometimes the most important research isn't a topic you choose from a list. Sometimes the research chooses you. Sometimes - the research is a person. Because some schools don't shape students. They consume them. Welcome to SVDA. Try not to disappear. Genre: Young Adult | Mystery-Thriller | School Drama | Sci-Fi Elements Tone: Dark, Intense, Emotionally Charged, Suspenseful For fans of: stories where nothing is what it seems and every answer births three more questions.