An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system,Tracy DeonnΓÇÖs YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and ΓÇ£braids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of griefpowerand self-discoveryΓÇ¥ (Dhonielle ClaytonNew York Times bestselling author of The Belles). After her mother dies in an accidentsixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNCΓÇôChapel Hill seems like the perfect escapeΓÇöuntil Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called ΓÇ£LegendbornΓÇ¥ students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a ΓÇ£MerlinΓÇ¥ and who attemptsΓÇöand failsΓÇöto wipe BreeΓÇÖs memory of everything she saw. The mageΓÇÖs failure unlocks BreeΓÇÖs own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother diedanother Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows thereΓÇÖs more to her motherΓÇÖs death than whatΓÇÖs on the police reportsheΓÇÖll do whatever it takes to find out the trutheven if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. She recruits Nicka self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the groupand their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the societyΓÇÖs secretsΓÇöand closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King ArthurΓÇÖs knights and explain that a magical war is comingBree has to decide how far sheΓÇÖll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society downΓÇöor join the fight. This paperback edition of Legendborn contains a teaser to the thrilling sequelBloodmarkedas well as an exclusive short story from Selwyn Kane’s perspective!