Readers will be left with more questions than answers at the end of this excerpt, and that's just the way they'll like it - we're launched into the middle of a fatal accident investigation, with missing memories, criminal charges, all in the middle of amped-up teen angst set against the backdrop of an elite, high-pressure academy. I like how it has some epistolary elements, mixing standard narrative with podcast transcripts and police reports; I hope that continues throughout the novel.