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Ninth House

  • 480 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 2019
  • 20 editions

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1 About this book

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. By age twenty, in fact, 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 elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?

Still searching for answers to this herself, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. These eight windowless “tombs” are well-known to be haunts of the future rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street and Hollywood’s biggest players.

Good for readers who want: dark fantasy, a thriller, magic, and a long read.

  • Dark fantasy
  • Thrillers
  • Fantasy, paranormal
  • Magic
  • Occult & supernatural
  • Women college students
  • Secret societies

2 About Leigh Bardugo

Born 1975

Leigh Bardugo (born April 6, 1975) is an American fantasy author. She is best known for her young adult Grishaverse novels, which include the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows and King of Scars duologies. She also received acclaim for her paranormal fantasy adult debut, Ninth House.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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