Lost Prinsipels

When the Grand Master recalls Albia's best agent from active service and appoints her Vice Principal of the Academy, she's convinced he has an ulterior motive. He does, but it's not what she thinks. Someone's trying to kill her, and the Grand Master wants her safe at home in Veridurum; she is his daughter, after all.
Academy Principal Fergal O'Connor is a man with a mission. He'd rather not have it; he's already fully occupied with undergraduate spies, an unbalanced colleague, unobtainable stationery and unsavoury drains. Now he has a secret to keep; he must protect someone, who mustn't know he's doing it, from something she mustn't find out about. Fortunately (or perhaps not) the Grand Master has a plan.
It could be worse. With five, very physical assignments to complete in less than three weeks, trainee "diplomat" Edwin Harrington has almost given up hope of passing his first term at the Academy. What he needs is a miracle. What he gets is Gothic Boris. And, unfortunately (or perhaps not) Gothic Boris has a plan.