Zero Hale still isn’t dead.

And as president of Kane Academy’s new Problem-Solving Club, his life isn’t about to get any easier.

First, there’s the violin competition. Myles Adrian is under pressure to perform at a prestigious event—except someone is sabotaging his every move. Now, Zero has been drafted as both his accompanist and his detective, kicking off an investigation that takes the entire club on a perilous field trip beyond the academy’s walls.

Then there’s Alina Carter. She’s the Ice Princess: cold, untouchable, and absolutely the only person alive who hates Zero more than he hates himself. Oh, and she’s also being targeted by a psychotic stalker—a threat so terrifying it forces her into Zero’s path. With lives at stake, working together might be their only chance, but surviving each other could prove just as difficult.

Meanwhile, the enigmatic “X” watches over it all … Waiting. Plotting. Obsessing.

With each case building pressure, and a mounting number of people relying on him, Zero is forced past his limits as he comes to a startling realization:

Ending his own life used to seem impossible; now, it might just be unnecessary.

Because someone else may end it for him.

(Fatal Genius of an Arrogant Bastard is the second volume in Zero — a YA dark academia mystery series with heavy ties to manga/light novels, including pictures and fourth-wall-breaking interactive elements throughout.)


This is the hard cover edition, containing deluxe full-page spread pictures.