To Teach the Dead: Mark of the Maleficus Paperback – February 27, 2026

Excitement seems to be ramping up inside Oleander Academy as Ms. Willows and Mr. Salinger meet their new teammates, sent fresh from the Director as fellow Sepulchrum Susceptors. One of these also happens to be Ms. Willows’ brother, and neither seem willing to so much as talk to the other, let alone work together. Silere does their best, but as Lenore struggles with an odd bout of illness, and the new music teacher begins asking an awful lot of inconvenient questions, even this calm and collected individual is pushed to their limits.Aleister also seems to have found a target in Alec, the rough-and-tumble classmate of Annabel and Morgana. But as his pranks against the bully increase, so too do the rumors of the school as a haunted locale. When the Susceptors find that a group of paranormal investigators have come knocking at the doors of the Academy, they’ll have to ensure that their classes remain a secret from the eyes of the ever-hungry media.Add in an up-rise of malefic activity as well as some background behind the true nature of the mysterious Director, and this is destined to be a class you don’t want to miss! Read more