The Secret World of Maggie Grey: A Dark Academia Fantasy

This is the Underground. We go by a different set of rules here—ones steeped in magic, history, and, well … blood.

Maggie Grey always dismissed her grandmother’s stories as superstition—bedtime tales of vampiric priests, midnight covens, and secret conjurers from the Civil Rights Era. Even Maggie’s striking white hair felt like nothing more than an inherited quirk. But when a graduate school presentation retelling those stories captures the attention of her professor, Maggie discovers the truth hidden within them. He directs her to Drew Collins University, a secret HBCU buried beneath the streets of Atlanta where those legends are terrifyingly real.

At DCU, necromancy is a major, students with claws and fangs roam the campus, and Maggie finds herself surrounded by an unlikely group of allies: Souxie, a mysterious priestess; Asha, a scarred siren; Isis, a water-bending nymph; and Quan, a snarky talking cat. Soon, Maggie learns she descends from the most feared bloodline in the Underground—the First Family, a lineage of vampires whose power has haunted the community for generations.

That legacy makes her not only dangerous, but a target—especially to Namir, the sharp-eyed werewolf whose family has long despised hers. Distrust simmers between them even as an undeniable attraction grows harder to resist.

When a murder rocks the campus, suspicion quickly falls on Maggie. Not just because of what she is, but because of the family she comes from. In a world where legacy is everything, hers may be the deadliest of all.

This edition includes a signed letter from the author and an exclusive bonus scene.