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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 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. "The dark school of magic I've been waiting for." Katherine Arden, author of Winternight Trilogy I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I'm concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I'm not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don't need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts, I'm probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I'll level mountains and kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world. At least, that's what the world expects. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing that's 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 isn't getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyone's idea of the shining hero, but I'm going to make it out of this place alive, and I'm not going to slaughter thousands to do it, either. Although I'm giving serious consideration to just one. With flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a school bursting with magic like you've never seen before, and a heroine for the ages--a character so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she will live on in hearts and minds for generations to come.
Praise for Deadly Education
"The can't-miss fantasy of fall 2020, a brutal coming-of-power story steeped in the aesthetics of dark academia. . . . A Deadly Education will cement Naomi Novik's place as one of the greatest and most versatile fantasy writers of our time."--BookPage (starred review) "A must-read . . . Novik puts a refreshingly dark, adult spin on the magical boarding school. . . . 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)- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Novik, Naomi
- ISBN: 9780593128503
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.10 x 0.90
- Number Of Pages: 336
- Publication Year: 2021
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Fun New Series Read
Courtney L. - 5 years 5 months agoI thought this was a wonderful book. It definitely is darker and I am excited for the remainder of the series to come out, but it is even good as a one off book because it concludes this year's main dilemma. The book was overall well written, but mainly, it was fun to read. #SpringPicks
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So good
Alyssa G. - 5 years 6 months agoI could not put this book down. The only bad thing was that the sequel hasn’t been published yet and I have to wait to continue the series.
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Scholarly Scares
Susan W. - 5 years 6 months agoI love Naomi Novik's writing in every form. This is a departure from the thoughtful fantasy of Spinning Silver, but it's still wonderful! If you thought Hogwarts was a dangerous place to send kids, wait until you see the Scholomance -- but El is fully capable of dealing with its treacherous classrooms. She can also handle having her life saved by the annoyingly capable Orion -- because she does NOT need his help. Getting all of their classmates to graduation will be a multi-book challenge for both of them, however. #SpringPicks
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New Yet Old
Hannah F. - 5 years 6 months agoThe setting is (in my opinion) a fresh take. I know Harry Potter has Hogwarts, but the world Novik created just feels different. However, while the setting was new, the plot was old. By page 50 I had guessed the ending as it relied on 50 different tropes. I did enjoy reading it, but it felt like a story I've read 100 times despite this being my first time reading it. #SpringPicks
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I love having existential crises at bedtime, it's so restful.
Samantha C. - 6 years 9 months agoPicture Hogwarts but the school itself is trying to murder all of its students. And there are no teachers. And maybe a fourth of the kids will graduate. And there are demons. And the main character is constantly having to stop herself from becoming the Great Destroyer of Worlds...So maybe Harry Potter is not a good comparison, but it is about a group of kids in a magical school, but darker, funnier, and definitely written for adults. The story is full of twists, turns, betrayal, friendship, and ends in such a way that the year I had to wait for the second book to be published was one of the longest in my life.
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