biNEW YORK TIMES /iBESTSELLER From the author of iUprooted/i and iSpinning Silver/i comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic.brbrbFINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD /b b The dark school of magic I ve been waiting for. Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy/bbrbr/bI decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life.brbrEveryone loves Orion Lake. Everyone ielse,/i 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.brbr 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.brbr 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.brbr 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.brbr Although I m giving serious consideration to ijust one/i.brbrbWith flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a/b bschool bursting with magic like you ve never seen before, and a/b bheroine 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./bbrbbrThe magic of the Scholomance trilogy continues in iThe Last Graduate/i/bbrbr The can t-miss fantasy of fall 2020, a brutal coming-of-power story steeped in the aesthetics of dark academia. . . . iA Deadly Education/i will cement Naomi Novik s place as one of the greatest and most versatile fantasy writers of our time. b iBookPage/i (starred review)/bbrbr 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. b iPublishers Weekly/i (starred review)/b