The Sunday Times bestseller!FINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARDIn the start of an all-new trilogy, the bestselling author of Uprootedand Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for themagically gifted where failure means certain death - until one girlbegins to rewrite its rules.____________Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered.There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic,and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there areonly two ways out: you graduate or you die.El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She maybe without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to levelmountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy thecountless monsters that prowl the school.Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So Elis trying her hardest not to use it . . . that is, unless she has noother choice.With flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a heroine for the ages - acharacter so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she will liveon in hearts and minds for generations to come.
