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 • “The dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for.”—Katherine 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 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.
The magic of the Scholomance trilogy continues in The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclaves
“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)

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Lesson one of The Scholomance, First edition, New York, New York, 2021

Lesson One of The Scholomance, First Edition, New York, 2020

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Source title: A Deadly Education: A Novel (The Scholomance)

____________ The Sunday Times Bestselling Novel From The Award-winning Author Of Uprooted In The Start Of An All-new Series, The Bestselling Author Of Uprooted And Spinning Silver Introduces You To A Dangerous School For The Magically Gifted Where Failure Means Certain Death - Until One Girl Begins To Rewrite Its Rules. ____________ Enter A School Of Magic Unlike Any You Have Ever Encountered. There Are No Teachers, No Holidays, Friendships Are Purely Strategic, And The Odds Of Survival Are Never Equal. Once You're Inside, There Are Only Two Ways Out: You Graduate Or You Die. El Higgins Is Uniquely Prepared For The School's Many Dangers. She May Be Without Allies, But She Possesses A Dark Power Strong Enough To Level Mountains And Wipe Out Untold Millions - Never Mind Easily Destroy The Countless Monsters That Prowl The School. Except, She Might Accidentally Kill All The Other Students, Too. So El Is Trying Her Hardest Not To Use It... That Is, Unless She Has No Other Choice. Wry, Witty, Endlessly Inventive, And Mordantly Funny - Yet With A True Depth And Fierce Justice At Its Heart - This Enchanting Novel Reminds Us That There Are Far More Important Things Than Mere Survival. ____________ '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, Three-time Hugo Award Winner And Author Of The Fifth Season 'novik Deliciously Undoes Expectations About Magic Schools, Destined Heroes, And Family Legacies. A Gorgeous Book About Monsters And Monstrousness, Chockablock With Action, Cleverness, And Wit.' Holly Black, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author '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, Sunday Times Bestselling Author Of The Bear And The Nightingale 'the Wonderful Cast Of Characters Will Grab A Hold Of Your Heart And You'll Never Want To Leave This Deadly School ... A Fantasy That Delights On Every Level. I Loved This Brilliant Book.' Stephanie Garber, #1 Sunday 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 'sharp, Witty, And Darkly Effervescent, A Deadly Education Is Naomi Novik's Fresh Take On The Concept Of The Magic School. One Of My Favorite Reads Of The Year.' Rory Power, New York Times Bestselling Author Of Wilder Girls 'naomi Novik Reinvents The Magical School Story By Working A Strange, Funny, Wild, Dark Magic All Her Own. This Is Not Just Your Next Great Read - It's Your New Obsession.' Gwenda Bond 'a Delightfully Brutal World ... And A Practical, Ruthless Heroine With The Guts And Wits To Survive It.' Emily Skrutskie 'fresh, Smart, And Delightfully Unique. It's Hogwarts With Higher Stakes And Sharper Claws, And I Absolutely Loved It.' Alix E. Harrow '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

The Sunday Times bestseller!
FINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD
In the start of an all-new trilogy, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death - until one girl begins to rewrite its rules.
____________
Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered.
There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die.
El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school.
Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying her hardest not to use it . . . that is, unless she has no other choice.
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.
____________
'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, three-time Hugo Award winner and author of The Fifth Season
'Novik deliciously undoes expectations about magic schools, destined heroes, and family legacies. A gorgeous book about monsters and monstrousness, chockablock with action, cleverness, and wit.' Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author
'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, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale
'The wonderful cast of characters will grab a hold of your heart and you'll never want to leave this deadly school ... a fantasy that delights on every level. I loved this brilliant book.'
Stephanie Garber, #1 Sunday 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
'Sharp, witty, and darkly effervescent, A Deadly Education is Naomi Novik's fresh take on the concept of the magic school. One of my favorite reads of the year.'
Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls
'Fresh, smart, and delightfully unique. It's Hogwarts with higher stakes and sharper claws, and I absolutely loved it.'
Alix E. Harrow
'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, Sunday Times bestseller - October 2020

"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

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.

"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."--Provided by publisher

Lesson One of the Scholomance: Learning has never been this deadly.
A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets.
There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school wont allow its students to leave until they graduate or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Dont walk the halls alone. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere.
El is uniquely prepared for the schools dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out 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.

2023-01-01