The Incandescent

The IncandescentNaomi Novik's Scholomance series meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by instant national and international bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. "Look at you, eating magic like you're one of us." Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England. Her days consist of meetings, teaching A Level Invocation to four talented, chaotic

thriving but barely able to remember its magical heritage

including meeting one of the world’s most notorious serial killers in prison and working with legends like Charles Bronson and Robert De Niro

but once conceived

so… here it goes

“Most of the world eats to live

From the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists

medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter

But it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought

and victimhood

the quiet drama of ordinary lives is played out by the novel’s complexly portrayed characters—until the arrival of two outsiders further disrupts the town’s equilibrium

By the time police officer Sven Jörgensson reaches the crime scene

” —Hampton Sides