"The best fantasy novel I-ve read in years, because it-s about real people... Impossible to put down." -Stephen King
The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.
Goodreads Choice Award Winner
Locus 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 benef
