by Naomi Novik · Del Rey · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780593128503
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«A Deadly Education» is the fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey in paperback (336 pages, in English).
At the magical boarding school of Scholomance there are no teachers or holidays, and students must survive among monsters, curses and tactical alliances. The protagonist, El Higgins, harbours a destructive power capable of razing mountains and annihilating millions; for fear of harming her classmates, she tries not to use it while the school and her rivals push her to do so.
First instalment of The Scholomance trilogy, published in 2021 and shortlisted for the Lodestar Award.
For readers of young adult and adult fantasy, especially those seeking a dark and dangerous magic school.
Naomi Novik is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively. Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards.
