Iron Halls

On the prestigious campus of Blackwood University, the gleaming spires hide a brutal trade. When a promising scholarship student from the war-torn coast of Veridia disappears, her roommate uncovers a trafficking ring that funnels women from collapsing states into the private estates of the global elite. As the university’s administration buries complaints under confidentiality clauses, a young law professor and a hardened federal agent must unravel a conspiracy that turns lecture halls into holding pens and graduation into sale. In this world, academic excellence is currency—and some students are not buyers, but goods.