New Nightgrave title · Dark academia
Blood on the Honor Roll joins Nightgrave Publishing.
An elite Tampa academy hides a tradition built on privilege, silence, and blood.
Nightgrave Publishing announces Blood on the Honor Roll, a complete 91,677-word novel by Brandon Burnside now entering the Nightgrave Originals production slate.
Set in Tampa in 1996, the novel follows sixteen-year-old Benedetto “Benny” Corsico after one final arrest gives him a choice between juvenile detention and Blackthorne Preparatory Academy. Behind the elite school’s polished reputation, Benny encounters the Crown Eight, a protected circle of wealthy students whose power depends on humiliation, violence, and generations of silence.
“Some schools make leaders. This one makes monsters.”
The manuscript contains thirty-nine chapters plus an epilogue. Publication date, formats, ISBN, and ordering information will be announced as production advances.