Blood Over Bright Haven: The must-read dark academia fantasy from the author of The Sword of Kaigen
From M. L. Wang, author of The Sword of Kaigen, comes a dark academia fantasy that will appeal to readers who loved Babel by R. F. Kuang, Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, and the work of V. E. Schwab. Sciona has given twenty years of her life to magic. Single-minded, relentless, brilliant. When she finally earns a place as the first woman admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry, the institution wastes no time making her feel unwelcome. She's assigned not a lab assistant but a janitor, and her research hangs in the balance. That janitor is Thomil, a former nomadic hunter whose tribe was destroyed by forces he has never been able to name. Working alongside Sciona, he sees, for the first time, a way to understand what was done to his people. What begins as an uneasy pairing becomes something far more dangerous, as the two unearth a secret buried at the very foundations of their world. The truth, it turns out, has teeth. Praise has come in thick and fast. The Guardian called it 'the best fantasy novel of the year'. Evan Winter described it as 'the best book I've read all year, bar none'. Sara Hashem writes that it 'leaves you reeling long after the last page is turned', while Terry Brooks praised it as 'a stunningly powerful story'. Mark Lawrence summed it up as 'a storytelling masterclass', and James Islington called it 'clever, emotional, and thematically rich'. Reader responses have been just as fervent, with many saying it's the finest fantasy they've ever read. This is a book about who gets to hold knowledge, who gets erased from history, and what it costs to look clearly at both. It's gripping, morally serious, and genuinely difficult to set down.
- Author: M. L. Wang
- Publisher: Penguin (Cornerstone)
- Genre: True Crime
- ISBN: 978-1804950760
- Pages: 448 pages