Ninth House meets The Hazel Wood in this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling dark academia fantasy Curious Tides,following EmoryBazRomieand Kai on their desperate quests through space and time! Opening locked doors has a priceΓÇöeven for those who hold a key. After going through the door that called to them both in dreamsEmory and Romie find themselves in the Wychwood: the same verdant world written of in Song of the Drowned Godsalbeit a twistedrotting version of it. A sinister force has awoken with their arrivalintent on destruction as it spills across realmsand now Emory and Romie must stop it before it reaches their own shores. MeanwhileBaz and Kai are desperate to follow their friends through the door to other worldsbut a mishap pulls them back in time insteadΓÇöwhere they come face to face with Cornus Clover himselffamed author of Song of the Drowned Gods. Stuck together in the pastthey must navigate a very different Aldryn as they unravel the schoolΓÇÖs darkest secrets. Across time and worldsEmoryRomieBazand Kai find their fates eerily interwoven with the heroes from CloverΓÇÖs book. But when stories canΓÇÖt be trustedfriendships are put to the testand deadly enemies are not always as they seemthey must decide who gets to be a heroΓÇöand who is desperate enough to see themselves become a villain.