The Croaking

The Roost stands as the world’s most elite military academy, an institution with a flawless record of exclusivity that has never once admitted a Crow into its ranks. That unbroken tradition shatters with the unprecedented enrollment of Scra, though the circumstances surrounding his acceptance are far from ordinary. Rather than a simple triumph, his arrival is steeped in secrecy and conspiracy. His new roommate, Ky, quickly senses that something is deeply wrong, becoming consumed by the need to uncover exactly where Scra disappears to every night. As the cadets navigate a grueling schedule of flight tests, rigorous classes, and deadly trials known as Murders, the fragile illusion of their perfect society begins to fracture. Scra, Ky, and a fellow student named Ree are forced to forge an alliance, banding together to peel back the polished veneer of their supposed utopia. Hidden beneath the academy's prestigious surface are dark whispers of a devastating superweapon referred to as "The Croaking." As dangerous secrets seep through the cracks of their regimented world, the trio must risk everything to expose the truth before it consumes them all.