School captain Clementine Fernsby, a lonely and ostracized figure at elite Ainsworth College, finds herself drawn into the orbit of the 'Aristocrats' - four powerful and enigmatic boys who rule the school. A chance encounter involving a computer virus leads to an unlikely alliance. As Clementine navigates their dangerous world and unearths dark secrets buried within the academy and her own family, she discovers that the 'Aristocrats' are far more than their arrogant facade suggests, and that some games have life-altering stakes.