All That Consumes Us
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Ninth House meets The Dead and the Dark in this gothic dark academia novel that delves into the human capacity for great love, great art, and great evil.
Magni animi numquam moriuntur. Great minds never die.
The students in Corbin College’s elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. When first-gen college student Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she doesn’t hesitate.
Except once she’s settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory, something strange starts to happen. She’s finally writing, but her stories are dark and twisted. Her dreams feel as if they could bury her alive. An unseen presence seems to stalk her through the halls.
And a chilling secret awaits Tara at the heart of Magni Viri—one that just might turn her nightmares into reality; one that might destroy her before she has a chance to escape.
All That Consumes Us will pull readers into a hypnotizing, dark reverie that blurs the lines of reality and shows that the addictive nature of ambition—and its inevitable price—always claims its due.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the wake of the tragic death of a gifted classmate at elite Corbin College, 17-year-old Tara Boone, a white university student, is offered the chance to take the deceased's place in the exclusive and secretive Magni Viri program. Tara eagerly accepts, lured by the promise of a full-ride scholarship and a tight-knit community of talented peers, and hoping to fulfill her lifelong ambition of becoming a famous novelist. With her fledgling membership comes mandatory Sunday night ragers in the school cemetery, as well as long walks in picturesque Tennessee woods with her crush. But Tara soon starts having recurring nightmares of being buried alive and often wakes up at her desk to new pages of a brilliant, twisted story that she can't remember writing. As her nighttime drafting becomes increasingly disturbing, and her mental and physical health drastically decline, Tara must ask herself what she's willing to sacrifice for greatness. In this slow-burn psychological horror novel, Waters (The Restless Dark) creates tension around the pressures of class inequality and impostor syndrome, filtered through Tara's acerbic first-person narration. Moody and disquieting prose combine with paranormal intrigue to drive this dark tale of exploitation and academic greed. Ages 13–up.
