A Deadly Education

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó 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 ΓÇó ΓÇ£The dark school of magic IΓÇÖve been waiting for.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöKatherine Ardenauthor 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 elsethat is. Far as IΓÇÖm concernedhe can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. IΓÇÖm not joining his pack of adoring fans. I donΓÇÖt need help surviving the Scholomanceeven if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifactsIΓÇÖm probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and IΓÇÖll level mountains and kill untold millionsmake myself the dark queen of the world. At leastthatΓÇÖs what the world expects. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing thatΓÇÖs 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 isnΓÇÖt getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyoneΓÇÖs idea of the shining herobut IΓÇÖm going to make it out of this place aliveand IΓÇÖm not going to slaughter thousands to do iteither. Although IΓÇÖm giving serious consideration to just one. With flawless masteryNaomi Novik creates a school bursting with magic like youΓÇÖve never seen beforeand a heroine for the agesΓÇöa character so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she will live on in hearts and minds for generations to come. The magic of the Scholomance trilogy continues in The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclaves ΓÇ£The canΓÇÖt-miss fantasy of fall 2020a brutal coming-of-power story steeped in the aesthetics of dark academia. . . . A Deadly Education will cement Naomi NovikΓÇÖs place as one of the greatest and most versatile fantasy writers of our time.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöBookPage (starred review) ΓÇ£A must-read . . . Novik puts a refreshingly darkadult spin on the magical boarding school. . . . Readers will delight in the push-and-pull of El and OrionΓÇÖs relationshipthe fantastically detailed worldthe clever magic systemand the matter-of-fact diversity of the student body.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöPublishers Weekly (starred review)