NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Uprooted and
Spinning Silver comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the
story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the
rules of magic.
FINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD - "The dark school of magic I've been
waiting for."--Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy
I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved
my life.
Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I'm
concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I'm not
joining his pack of adoring fans.
I don't need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the
hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts, I'm probably the most dangerous
thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I'll level mountains and
kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world.
At least, that's what the world expects. Most of the other students in
here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing
that's crawled out of the drains. Sometimes I think they want me to turn
into the evil witch they assume I am. The school certainly does.
But the Scholomance isn't getting what it wants from me. And neither is
Orion Lake. I may not be anyone's idea of the shining hero, but I'm
going to make it out of this place alive, and I'm not going to slaughter
thousands to do it, either.
Although I'm giving serious consideration to just one.
With flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a school bursting with
magic like you've never seen before, and a heroine for the ages--a
character so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she will live
on in hearts and minds for generations to come.
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The magic of the Scholomance trilogy continues in The Last Graduate
and The Golden Enclaves**
"The can't-miss fantasy of fall 2020, a brutal coming-of-power story
steeped in the aesthetics of dark academia. . . . A Deadly Education
will cement Naomi Novik's place as one of the greatest and most
versatile fantasy writers of our time."--BookPage (starred review)
"A must-read . . . Novik puts a refreshingly dark, adult spin on the
magical boarding school. . . . Readers will delight in the push-and-pull
of El and Orion's relationship, the fantastically detailed world, the
clever magic system, and the matter-of-fact diversity of the student
body."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
