They thought it was a leadership camp.
They were wrong.
When Grace arrives at The Lodge, an exclusive winter program for "exceptional teens," she believes it's her ticket to a scholarship-and escape from her old life. Isolated in the mountains, no phones, no contact with the outside world, just trust exercises and character tests.
But the rules start to change.
Doors lock.
Cameras appear.
People disappear.
The instructors claim everything is part of the program.
Prove yourself.
Adapt.
Don't fail.
Grace and four other teens-brilliant, competitive, and strangers to each other-are pushed into escalating challenges designed to expose their deepest fears. But the real test isn't strength or skill.
It's obedience.
As alliances form and secrets unravel, Grace discovers the Lodge isn't what it claims to be. Someone is watching them. Someone is choosing who stays.
And who doesn't.
To escape, Grace must trust people she barely knows-and risk more than failure.
Because at the Lodge, failure is permanent.