Description
The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.
"The best fantasy novel I've read in years, because it's about real people....Impossible to put down." --Stephen King Goodreads Choice Award WinnerLocus Finalist Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she's thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world's most prestigious universities on a full ride. What's the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale's secret societies. Their eight windowless "tombs" are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street's biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent.
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 10/08/2019
Series: Alex Stern #1
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.5lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781250313072
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513899 / Ninth House
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019 pg. 4
Library Journal 08/01/2019 pg. 70
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 46
Publishers Weekly 08/12/2019
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 5
Shelf Awareness 10/18/2019
About the Author
Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (coming soon to Netflix) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and the King of Scars duology. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles.