Grey’s Anatomy meets A Deadly Education in this dark academia fantasy from USA Today bestselling author Freya Marske.
At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer’s gift has five years to master their power and to prepare for the infamous Grand Exam—a five-day trial whose results will determine their entire future.
The list of exam rules includes:
• You will perform five practical cases.
• Your exam group is chosen at random.
• You pass together, or fail together.
It does not include:
• On the first day, your exam group will find a classmate's dead body in the exam hall.
And as they will soon discover, this particular group all have something to hide... and all have a connection with the dead girl, a brilliant scholar who would have been first in their class.
Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world.
Are you ready?
Let’s begin.
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Genre: Fantasy
At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer’s gift has five years to master their power and to prepare for the infamous Grand Exam—a five-day trial whose results will determine their entire future.
The list of exam rules includes:
• You will perform five practical cases.
• Your exam group is chosen at random.
• You pass together, or fail together.
It does not include:
• On the first day, your exam group will find a classmate's dead body in the exam hall.
And as they will soon discover, this particular group all have something to hide... and all have a connection with the dead girl, a brilliant scholar who would have been first in their class.
Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world.
Are you ready?
Let’s begin.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Genre: Fantasy
Praise for this book
"A captivating murder mystery and take on medical fantasy - Bodies of Magic kept me reading late into the night." - Shannon Chakraborty
"Mystery! Magic! Murder! . . . This book is a confection." - Alix E Harrow
"A twisty mystery, a fascinating system of medical magic,and a complex and compelling cast. 'Sleep is for summer', say the Academie medical students, and I can assure you, sleep is also for after finishing Bodies of Magic." - Kat Howard
"As intricate and complex as a life-saving surgery, as welcome as a treatable diagnosis and as comforting as a successful course of antibiotics, this is a brilliant book. More, please." - Seanan McGuire
"Brilliant craft, fresh voice, characters worth obsessing over." - Casey McQuiston
"Smart, sexy, compassionate and utterly absorbing, with gloriously complicated characters and a world that feels sharp-edged and real. This book is everything I love about dark academia." - H G Parry
"Bodies of Magic crackles with Marske's signature wit, effortlessly rich world-building and layered character dynamics. A perfect book, as complex and brilliant as a healing array. I absolutely loved it." - Allison Saft
"Mystery! Magic! Murder! . . . This book is a confection." - Alix E Harrow
"A twisty mystery, a fascinating system of medical magic,and a complex and compelling cast. 'Sleep is for summer', say the Academie medical students, and I can assure you, sleep is also for after finishing Bodies of Magic." - Kat Howard
"As intricate and complex as a life-saving surgery, as welcome as a treatable diagnosis and as comforting as a successful course of antibiotics, this is a brilliant book. More, please." - Seanan McGuire
"Brilliant craft, fresh voice, characters worth obsessing over." - Casey McQuiston
"Smart, sexy, compassionate and utterly absorbing, with gloriously complicated characters and a world that feels sharp-edged and real. This book is everything I love about dark academia." - H G Parry
"Bodies of Magic crackles with Marske's signature wit, effortlessly rich world-building and layered character dynamics. A perfect book, as complex and brilliant as a healing array. I absolutely loved it." - Allison Saft
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