{"product_id":"9781250313072","title":"Ninth House","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNinth House\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Leigh Bardugo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA LOCUS AWARD FINALIST!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalaxy “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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e is the best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people. Bardugo’s imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story—full of shocks and twists—is impossible to put down.\" - \u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best fantasy novels I’ve read in years. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent — it's a portal to a world you’ll never want to leave.\" - \u003cb\u003eLev Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magicians \u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e is the best thing I’ve read in a long time. There’s so much magic here that you'll begin to feel it seeping into the room around you as you read, and characters so real you ’ll practically hear their voices in your ear. Leigh Bardugo has written a book so delicious, so twisty, and so immersive I wouldn’t blame you for taking the day off to finish it.\" - \u003cb\u003eKelly Link\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMagic for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Leigh Bardugo's \u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e rocked my world. I could not get enough of sinewy, ghost-haunted Alex Stern, a heroine for the ages. With a bruised heart and bleeding knuckles, she risks death and damnation — again and again — for the people she cares about. I was cheering her on the whole way: from the first brilliant sentence of this book to the last. More, please, Ms. Bardugo.\" - \u003cb\u003eJoe Hill\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNOS4A2\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this mesmerizing novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and I was one rapt reader.\" - \u003cb\u003eCharlaine Harris\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With an aura of both enchantment and authenticity, Bardugo's compulsively readable novel leaves a portal ajar for equally dazzling sequels.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Atmospheric...Part mystery, part story of a young woman finding purpose in a dark world.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Genuinely terrific...The worldbuilding is rock solid, the plot is propulsive, and readers will be clamoring for a sequel as soon as they read the last page.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent...Bardugo gives [her protagonist] a thoroughly engaging mix of rough edge, courage and cynicism.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Instantly gripping...Creepy and thrilling...The world of this book is so consistent and enveloping that pages seem to rush by.\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Simultaneously elegant and grotesque, eerie and earthbound...Wry, uncanny, original and, above all, an engrossing, unnerving thriller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed Locus Awards - Nominee (2020), Long-listed NPR Best Book of the Year (2019), Long-listed NYPL Best Books of the Year (2019), Long-listed NYPL Book for Reading and Sharing (2019), Winner Goodreads Choice Awards (2019), Long-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250313072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40688761110734,"sku":"9781250313072","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250313072","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}