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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.
Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she's thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world's most prestigious universities on a full ride. What's the catch, and why her?
Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale's secret societies. Their eight windowless "tombs" are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street's biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.
Ninth House is the long-awaited adult debut by the beloved author of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows. Leigh Bardugo will take her place alongside Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness as one of the finest practitioners of literary fantasy writing today.
Praise for Leigh Bardugo:
"A master of fantasy." - The Huffington Post
"Utterly, extremely bewitching." - The Guardian
" A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." - NPR
"The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." - Entertainment Weekly
"Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down." - USA Today
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Bardugo, Leigh
- ISBN: 9781250313072
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 9.30 x 1.50
- Number Of Pages: 480
- Publication Year: 2019
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Different Take on Magic
Cassandra C. - 1 year 10 months agoGhosts are referred to as Grays and they have a story to tell. Following Alex Stern's journey throughout the book is mind-bending because you are also looking at events from the view of another character. This book will have you looking at magic in a different light as well as viewing the paranormal differently. Ghosts are referred to as Grays and they have a story to tell.
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You should read this.
Matthew R. - 4 years 4 months agoThis is a really interesting book. I think it has a fresh take on "realistic fantasy." You should read it.
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Little too intense YA
Amanda B. - 4 years 8 months agoThis book was quite intense, which is what I was looking for, but almost in a YA/immature way I wasn't expecting. To be honest, I picked this book up because of the cover design and the fact that it seemed to have been on several other suggested reading lists I came across, but I just wasn't as in love with it as I was hoping to be.
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Amazing!
Angela K. - 6 years 3 months agoAmazing! Loved it from the beginning. A page turner and I cannot wait for more. #SummerReading
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Must read adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, creator of the GrishaVerse!
Hannah H. - 6 years 4 months agoAfter somehow being the sole-survivor of a horrific multiple homicide, ghost-haunted Galaxy "Alex" Stern is strangely offered the chance of a lifetime, a full-ride scholarship to attend Yale University. Recruited for her rare ability in order to help keep the occult activities of this Ivy League institution's mysterious secret societies at bay. All while trying to keep the truth of her own dark past hidden. Brilliant and original this novel full of dark magic and murder will keep you immersed from beginning to end and have you seeing New Haven in a different spooky light and craving more. For any fan of fantasy, horror, mystery and magic! This completely original and imaginative story filled with shocks and twists at every corner, that even Stephen King loved, this is a must-read! ***Beware this is an ADULT novel there are adult themes (that can be disturbing) throughout the book.*** #summerreading