For a 16 year old in Etra, The Exam determines everything. Your score can catapult you into a life of privilege, or resign you to die in the long fought war. The stakes are even higher this year, when it is announced that The President Academy will be held. The nation's next leader will be chosen from the top 100 scores. Charisma Starr, a girl from a poor family, is shocked when she is chosen for the Academy. Her life changes as she is thrust into a new world, one completely different from anything she has ever known. And when the Academy is attacked it changes even more. Will Charisma survive The Academy? Will she become the leader of Etra? Will her life change for the better? Or will it change for the worse?