Ninth House is the long-awaited adult debut by the beloved author of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. 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.

Some might say she’s thrown her life away. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. 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. Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. A win-win-win, honestly.' - Paste, best audiobooks of 2019įrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. 'Bardugo’s latest is a must-listen, introducing a haunting, Yale-based occult world populated with gloriously complicated characters.

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