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The Golden Enclaves

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Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the Sunday Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.

The one thing you never talk about while you're in the Scholomance is what you'll do when you get out - not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way.

But that impossible dream has somehow come true for El and her classmates. And what's more, she didn't even have to become the monstrous dark witch she's prophesised to become to make it happen. Instead of killing enclavers, she saved them, and now the world is safe for all wizards. Peace and harmony have enveloped all the enclaves of the world.

Just kidding.

Instead, someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in El's stead, and everyone she saved is at risk again with a full-scale enclave war on the horizon. And so, the first thing El needs to do after miraculously escaping the Scholomance, is to turn straight around and find a way back in.

© Naomi Novik 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Critics Review

Novik deliciously undoes expectations about magic schools, destined heroes, and family legacies. A gorgeous book about monsters and monstrousness, chockablock with action, cleverness, and wit.
Holly Black
Truly one of the best fantasy series out there right now, and it's not close.
Culturess
The Scholomance is the dark school of magic I've been waiting for, and its wise, witty, and monstrous heroine is one I'd happily follow anywhere - even into a school full of monsters.
Katherine Arden
A dark, smart, delicious tale, set to redefine everything you think you know about schools for magic. A Deadly Education is dangerously addictive.
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Naomi Novik skilfully combines sharp humour with layers of imagination to build a fantasy that delights on every level. I adored this brilliant book.
Stephanie Garber
A nightmare from which I never wished to wake: savage, inventive, and soulful.
Pierce Brown
Constant peril, a fresh magic system, and a deeper discussion of how educational inequality currently functions than I ever expected to see in fantasy.
Hank Green
Novik dazzles in her brilliant and compulsively readable final Scholomance fantasy.
Publisher's Weekly
A rich, fully satisfying conclusion that makes the whole trilogy stronger and more meaningful.
Paste Magazine
Author Naomi Novik
Narrator Anisha Dadia
Duration 14 hours and 50 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473593244
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Adventure fiction, Fantasy, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Science fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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