Ninth House is the best thing I've read in a long time. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and I was one rapt reader - Charlaine Harris In this mesmerising novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent.

I was cheering her on the whole way: from the first brilliant sentence of this book to the last. With a bruised heart and bleeding knuckles, she risks death and damnation - again and again - for the people she cares about. I could not get enough of Alex Stern, a heroine for the ages. Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House rocked my world. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent - it's a portal to a world you'll never want to leave - Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians Ninth House is one of the best fantasy novels I've read in years. Bardugo's imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story, full of shocks and twists, is impossible to put down - Stephen King Ninth House is the best fantasy novel I've read in years, because it's about real people. Praise for Ninth House: The global sensation from the creator of Shadow and Bone 'I wouldn't blame you for taking the day off to finish it' - Kelly Link Read More Read Less ' Ninth House rocked my world' - Joe Hill 'One of the best fantasy novels I've read in years' - Lev Grossman Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with for her murder.īecause Alex knows the secret societies are far more sinister and extraordinary than anyone ever imagined. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch.Īlex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Instant global sensation NINTH HOUSE is the long-awaited adult fantasy debut by the creator of SHADOW AND BONE, now a major Netflix series.

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