Bea dreams of becoming a spy like her mum. Growing up in the Pangean Hotel, a secret sanctuary for spies, she spends her time studying self-defense, languages, codebreaking, and field medicine, preparing for the day when she can follow in her mother’s footsteps. But her mum has a different plan for Bea: She wants Bea to attend boarding school like one of the normal folk. Bea can’t think of a worse fate, the Life is all she’s ever known. But you do not say no to the Pangean League’s top spy. While Bea is juggling test prep and applications with desperate plans to avoid going to normal school at all costs, a new girl moves into the hotel with her family. Chantal’s family is clearly on the run, and Bea and her best friend Tommy are certain they can use their skills and knowledge to help her…. If boarding school doesn’t get in the way first.

Rosaria Munda is the author of Confessions of a Junior Spy and the Aurelian Cycle (Fireborne, Flamefall, and Furysong). Her career in espionage has included stints as a hotel cleaner, a boarding school admissions officer, and several jobs abroad in Paris and Beijing. Rosaria was last seen living with her family in northern Florida.