The Incandescent

From the Hugo Award winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Some Desperate Glory comes a captivating, contemporary, dark academia novel set in a school where the magic involves summoning demons. Perfect for fans of A Deadly Education, Rivers of London and Plain Bad Heroines. ´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.