A deadly education : a novel / Naomi Novik.
"In the start of an all-new series, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death--until one girl begins to unlock its many secrets. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered: There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won't allow its students to leave until they graduate . . . or die. The rules are deceptively simple: Don't walk the halls alone. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere. El is uniquely prepared for the school's dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students. So El is trying her hardest not to use her power . . . at least not until she has no other option. Meanwhile, her fellow student, the insufferable Orion Lake, is making heroism look like a breeze. He's saved hundreds of lives--including El's--with his flashy combat magic. But in the spring of their junior year, after Orion rescues El for the second time and makes her look like more of an outcast than she already is, she reaches an impulsive conclusion: Orion Lake must die. But El is about to learn some lessons she never could in the classroom: About the school. About Orion Lake. And about who she really is. Wry, witty, endlessly inventive, and mordantly funny--yet with a true depth at its heart--this enchanting novel reminds us that there are far more important things than mere survival."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593128480
- Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Del Rey, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020.
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- Baker & Taylor
An unwilling dark sorceress destined to rewrite the rules of magic clashes with a popular combat sorcerer while resolving to spare the lives of innocents. By the award-winning author of the Temeraire series. - Random House, Inc.
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.
FINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD ⢠âThe dark school of magic Iâve been waiting for.ââKatherine Arden, author 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 else, that is. Far as Iâm concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. Iâm not joining his pack of adoring fans.
I donât need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts, Iâm probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and Iâll level mountains and kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world.
At least, thatâs what the world expects. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing thatâs 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 isnât getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyoneâs idea of the shining hero, but Iâm going to make it out of this place alive, and Iâm not going to slaughter thousands to do it, either.
Although Iâm giving serious consideration to just one.
With flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a school bursting with magic like youâve never seen before, and a heroine for the agesâa 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
âThe canât-miss fantasy of fall 2020, a brutal coming-of-power story steeped in the aesthetics of dark academia. . . . A Deadly Education will cement Naomi Novikâs place as one of the greatest and most versatile fantasy writers of our time.ââBookPage (starred review)
âA 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 Orionâs relationship, the fantastically detailed world, the clever magic system, and the matter-of-fact diversity of the student body.ââPublishers Weekly (starred review)