<p>A new school year has finally begun at Gulinger Private Academy, and half of the student body had unexpectedly vanished. . . along with some of the staff. And the only one who knows where they have gone is the main shareholder's son--Howard Richard Deacon III. Oh, and Tom Brown, though he doesn't realize he already knew it.<br><br>With the change, the school has also hired new staff. Including: a combat veteran, a crystal wearing got...