When a maverick principal comes in with a student-centered agenda, there's no more business as usual. And killing the principal is just the beginning...

When someone sets fire to Lincoln High and kills the new principal, chaos threatens to overtake the urban school. Assistant Principal Sally Pearce, hired by the deceased principal to revamp the culture, vows to carry on the mission. In so doing, she gets caught up in gang threats, racial tensions, grievances, sexual harassment, and murder. Sally never dreamed she'd be faced with solving a mystery and returning the school to order. The odds are against her-the stakes are high. When a second murder happens on campus, Sally realizes she's trapped in a cycle of violence that must be stopped-now.