How do you outsmart an enemy when you don't know their identity and all the cards seem stacked against you?

Welcome to the private, prestigious Niveus Academy, where the threat of an anonymous blackmailer emerges with the new school year. He calls himself Ace and likes to bring to light the dark secrets of the students here. His target will be two, at first glance, completely different students. A quietly talented musician, Devon spends his time immersed in music, blending in with the crowd and definitely not wanting to draw attention to himself or his sexual orientation. However, day by day he becomes the target of the whole school's attention when Ace publishes intimate photos of him. On the contrary, the ambitious Chiamaka school prize winner is used to the attention. She was never afraid to get whatever she wanted — whether it was good grades, a popular friend from a rich family, or an acceptance letter to Yale. But all her classmates soon learn the price she paid for her power. Devon and Chiamaka have seemingly nothing in common, but someone chose them to publicly destroy them. Someone who has all the aces up his sleeve. And he has much more planned for them than just an innocent high school game…

The Ace of Spades is a very topical novel that is not afraid to open up and name the problem of institutionalized racism, bullying, structural superiority and class differences.