A Deadly Education: A Novel

Category: Book
By (author): Novik, Naomi
Series: The Scholomance
Subject:  FICTION / Coming of Age
  FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary
  FICTION / Fantasy / Epic
  FICTION / General
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: September 2020
Format: Book-hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 8.25in x 5.50in
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From The Publisher*From the New York Times bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes 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 me to do. 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 itself 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 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.
Review Quote*"The Scholomance is the dark school of magic I've been waiting for, and its wise, witty, and monstrous heroine is one I'd happily follow anywhere-even into a school full of monsters."-Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale

"At the Scholomance, monsters are everywhere and the breakfast might kill you, but the wonderful cast of characters will grab ahold of your heart and you'll never want to leave this deadly school. Naomi Novik skillfully combines sharp humor with layers of imagination to build a fantasy that delights on every level. I loved this brilliant book."-Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series

"Eyeball-meltingly brilliant . . . Novik is, quite simply, a genius."-Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken

"Hilarious and wild! Take any fictional magic school, make it as over-the-top dangerous as possible, and populate it with a bunch of snarky teenagers; the result is pure batshit fun."-N. K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author of The City We Became

"Sharp, witty, and darkly effervescent, A Deadly Education is Naomi Novik's fresh take on the concept of the magic school. It's one of my favorite reads of the year."-Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls 

"A Deadly Education is a nightmare from which I never wished to wake: savage, inventive, and soulful. Novik grasps the totems of childhood that linger in your mind-schools of magic, curses, cutthroat classmates, monsters-only to twist them into a grand new tale that'll make you believe in magic again."-Pierce Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Age

"A Deadly Education is a book that lives up to its gobsmacker of an opening sentence and follows right through to its shocker of an ending that promises more to come. Naomi Novik is relentlessly innovative and entertaining."-Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Druid

"Friendship in spite of itself; danger that doesn't quit-what a wildly magical ride!"-Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of Tempests and Slaughter
Biographical NoteNaomi Novik is the acclaimed author of the Temeraire series and the award-winning novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver. She is a founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own. She lives in New York City with her family and six computers.