The Incandescent
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- £11.99
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- £11.99
Publisher Description
'A searingly brilliant fantasy. This is magical school with teeth . . . an unmissable read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne
'Fans of Naomi Novik's Scholomance series won't want to miss this' Publishers Weekly
Dr Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England. Her days consist of meetings, teaching A-Level Invocation to four talented, chaotic sixth formers, more meetings and securing the school's boundaries from demonic incursions.
Walden is good at her job - no, Walden is great at her job. But demons are masters of manipulation. It's her responsibility to keep her school with its six hundred students and centuries-old legacy safe. But it's possible the entity Walden most needs to keep her school safe from . . . is herself.
A Deadly Education meets Rivers of London in this captivating contemporary fantasy from Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
'Emily Tesh captivates me the way few authors can, and she can do it in any genre and any world. The Incandescent is a delight from start to finish - it bewitched me, body and soul . . . A wholly perfect book'
Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
'The grown-up answer to the magical boarding school tale . . . Fantastic in every sense of the word'
Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
'An absolute flex of a book, empathetic and passionate and deeply thoughtful'
Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
Five-star reader reviews:
'love this book so much I want to get six copies'
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'Emily Tesh looked into my heart and pulled this book out!! . . . I cannot praise this book highly enough!!!!'
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'I couldn't have set this book down to save my life . . . If you enjoyed A Deadly Education, The Magicians, or any other classic magic school series, you'll love The Incandescent'
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'I loved the whole thing and cannot wait to hug my pre-ordered copy!'
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'This is a magnificent book. A magic boarding school, seen from the teacher's lounge, is already my jam. This exceeded my expectations by a wide margin'
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'An absolute triumph, a breathtakingly beautiful novel that captivates from the very first page . . . Emily Tesh's storytelling is nothing short of magical'
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'This is definitely my favourite read of the year so far, and has solidified Tesh as one of my favourite authors'
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hugo and World Fantasy Award winner Tesh (Some Desperate Glory) puts a fresh spin on dark academia by focusing on school administrators, faculty, and staff. Dr. Sapphire "Saffy" Walden, director of magic at Chetwood School (and an alumna herself), spends her 16-hour workdays managing one crisis after the next. In between, she teaches the Year Seven arcane safety course and maintains the thaumic engines that keep the school from collapsing "out of mundane reality altogether and disappear into the demonic plane, taking six hundred children with it." Walden doesn't have time to fight with the school's chief marshal Laura Kenning, a "butch avenging angel" in charge of magical security, over the inherent risks of her star pupil's ability to summon demons. When said pupil summons an 11th-order archdemon, however, the women must put aside their differences to address the threat. Defeating the beast forces Walden to confront her own demons (real and figurative) and, what's more galling, acknowledge that Kenning may have a point. Focusing on the administrators is a fresh entryway into a popular genre, and "awful nerd with a superiority complex" Walden makes for a fascinating and often humorous narrator. Fans of Naomi Novik's Scholomance series won't want to miss this thoughtful exploration of privilege, power, and private school education.
