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Academy of Outcasts

by Larry Correia

A place in the academy, at any cost

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Awards & Recognition

  • Author recognition

    New York Times bestselling author

    The metadata describes Larry Correia as a New York Times bestselling author.

  • Critical praise

    Praise from Jonathan Maberry

    Direct praise for the book highlights its magic systems, action, and protagonist.

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A place in the academy, at any cost

Oz Carnavon’s lack of magical talent puts him outside the elite institutions he hopes to enter, while a contract binds him to service in the fire realm. After faking his death and slipping into the Core City, he is accused of an assassination attempt and must pursue admission as a fugitive, with a powerful pursuer closing in. The setting links a central magical city and academy system to elemental realms accessed through portals. The description also identifies the story as progression fantasy, with power developing over time, alongside its academy and escape plotlines.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in magical academies and outsider protagonists.
  • For fantasy readers drawn to portal-linked realms and elemental settings.
  • For readers seeking progression fantasy with a gradual development of power.

Themes

Access and exclusionAmbitionEscape and pursuitMagical institutionsProgression of power

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Book overview

A Darker Shade of Magic meets A Deadly Education in the fantasy adventure, ACADEMY OF OUTCASTS, where a magicless man-on-the-run will stop at nothing to earn a place in a magic academy - not even the threat of hell.

A brand new fantasy world from Larry Correia, New York Times bestselling author of Monster Hunter International!

All Oz Carnavon ever wanted was to become a master mage.

Except, to do so requires the natural gifts or wealth necessary to secure an appointment to one of the prestigious magical academies in the Core City at the center of the seven realms. Oz had neither.

He was born without magical talent, serving in the elemental plane of fire, a nightmarish hellscape of treacherous lava and vicious monsters, where life is cheap, and escape is rare. But Carnavons never give up.

When Oz fakes his death to get out of his family's contract and crosses the Nexus gate to sneak into the Core, everything seems to be going according to plan. Until he gets blamed for an assassination attempt on the fire realm's ambassador.

Now, Oz must become a fugitive in a vast magical city, while trying to earn a place among the magical academies which have nothing but disdain for his kind.

And the clock is ticking, because in one week, the most dangerous wizard in the realm of fire is coming to track him down and drag him back to hell.

Experience this epic new saga from LARRY CORREIA, award-winning author of Monster Hunter International and Saga of the Forgotten Warrior. This progression fantasy epic features a D&D-inspired setting split by portals into elemental realms, slow-growth power progression, magic academies, and unforgettable characters!

"Inventive magic systems, plenty of action, and an unforgettable new hero in OZ CARNAVON. A powerhouse read!" --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Joe Ledger and Rot & Ruin.

For fans of Dungeons and Dragons, Malazan Book of the Fallen series, V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series (A Darker Shade of Magic, A Gathering of Shadows, A Conjuring of Light), The Magicians (Lev Grossman), Naomi Novik's The Scholomance series (A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate, The Golden Enclaves), Ninth House and Hell Bent (Leigh Bardugo), and The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss).
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