A meth dealer. A prostitute. A serial killer. Anywhere else, they d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear. Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick s old flame. They ve been told only one of them will make it out of the Mandel Academy. Will they find a way to save each other or will the school destroy them both?"