Which felt even more unreal than surviving long enough to become a senior, and I owed that, I owed every last bit of it, to Orion Lake, and I didn’t care, actually, what the price tag was going to be. 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) Novik puts a refreshingly dark, adult spin on the magical boarding school.

A gorgeous book about monsters and monstrousness, chockablock with action, cleverness, and wit.'-#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black 'Novik deliciously undoes expectations about magic schools, destined heroes, and family legacies. 'The scholomance is the dark school of magic I've been waiting for, and its wise, witty, and monstrous heroine is one I'd happily follow anywhere-even into a school full of monsters.'-Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale Until El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik's groundbreaking crossover series.Īt the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year-and the looming specter of graduation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive in its wake.

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