The Girl Who Was Never Meant to Exist Tagline: She stole a dead girl's name. Now someone wants her to pay for it. For seven years, Nibby has scavenged the ruins of Veyr Hollow, a town the Crown swears was abandoned because of a sickness. She has never once fallen ill. She has never been anyone, either. Then the floor collapses beneath her, and she finds a broken sword bearing a crest she has never seen. Her hand knows exactly how to hold it. Hidden in its wrapping is a sealed letter admitting a girl named Elira Voss to Aurelith Crown Academy, the most powerful swordsmanship school in the kingdom. Elira has been officially dead for seven years. The letter promises a place "without further examination of your name or your means." Nibby has no family, no money and no future. So she takes the name and walks to Aurelith. But someone has carved a warning into the town gate: The Voss girl must never reach Aurelith. At the Academy, Nibby's body starts doing things she never learned. She blocks strikes before she sees them and recognizes forbidden techniques she has never been taught. A rich, ruthless rival wants her exposed, and a mentor who knows too much is watching her. The kindly Rector keeps asking questions about the broken sword. Every victory makes her more visible, and every awakening leaves a trace that could expose her. The deeper she digs into Elira's past, the more she suspects that the town's destruction, the dead girl's name and her own impossible talent are all connected. Will she become someone great, or remain no one?