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- ISBN 9780008741471
- Weight: 280g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 2026
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Some secrets are written in the stars
Others hide in the shadows
There were many myths told about Cambridge. Stories woven from rumour and skewed half-truths, the thin fabric passed from hand to hand in the shadows.
The university kept the true, unfiltered secrets of this place. Only a select few were capable of understanding what it had to tell. People like us. We understood because we were part of it. Because we were the biggest secret of all.
Cambridge student Mabel Golding learned long ago to keep her head down and avoid getting entangled in other people’s drama, but when her best friend, Zoe, is drawn into the circle of a mysterious student society with centuries of history, Mabel feels inordinately uneasy. Even more so when she soon finds herself dangerously close to the heart of The League of Starlings, and to its inscrutable leader, Blake…
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Merit Niemeitz was born in Berlin in 1995. Whilst studying culture and media studies, she started working in publishing but found she preferred immersing herself in her own stories. She loves autumn days, flea markets and writing.
