NINTH HOUSE: The global sensation from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, beloved creator of the Grishaverse series and the Netflix adaptation Shadow and Bone, steps into grittier, more unsettling territory with this Sunday Times bestselling adult novel, which earned the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy in 2019 and had Stephen King declaring it impossible to put down. Galaxy 'Alex' Stern arrives at Yale as perhaps its least likely fresher. A school dropout carrying the weight of a traumatic, unresolved past, she was counting on a clean slate. A full scholarship to one of the world's most prestigious universities, though, always comes with strings attached. Alex's particular string involves keeping a watchful eye on Yale's notorious secret societies, long-standing playgrounds of the privileged and well-connected. When a young woman turns up dead on campus, Alex finds herself the only person genuinely troubled by the tidy explanation offered up by police and university officials. She knows, you see, that these societies are hiding something far stranger and more sinister than old money and backroom networking. They dabble in forbidden magic. They bring the dead back. And occasionally, they turn their attention to those still living. Bardugo builds her story with real atmospheric weight, weaving Yale's gothic architecture into a narrative that feels both grounded and genuinely eerie. Alex is a compelling, complicated protagonist, and her outsider status gives the mystery a raw, searching quality that lingers. Lev Grossman called it one of the finest fantasy novels he'd read in years. Joe Hill said it rocked his world. It's the kind of book that makes you reschedule your evening.
- Author: Leigh Bardugo
- Publisher: Gollancz
- Genre: Horror
- ISBN: 978-1473227989
- Pages: 480 pages