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The Incandescent

by Emily Tesh

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Magic, responsibility, and danger at Chetwood School

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Magic, responsibility, and danger at Chetwood School

At Chetwood School, protecting six hundred students is part of Doctor Walden’s work as Director of Magic, alongside teaching A-Level Invocation and managing the institution’s boundaries. The arrival of an ancient demon tests the safeguards she maintains and brings her own role in the danger into question. The school setting ties institutional responsibility to the risks of teaching and practicing magic, while Walden’s position places her at the center of both the defense and the uncertainty surrounding it. Emily Tesh’s fantasy premise combines school life, magical security, and a threat that reaches beyond the school’s wards.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary fantasy set in a school will find that setting central here.
  • A fit for readers seeking sapphic fantasy with a magical threat and institutional responsibilities.
  • Readers interested in adult fantasy featuring a working teacher and school leadership may appreciate Walden’s role.

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School life and institutional responsibilityMagic and protectionThreats from beyond the school’s wardsIdentity and accountability

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Book overview

Naomi Novik's Scholomance series meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by instant national and international bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.

"Look at you, eating magic like you're one of us."

Doctor 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. And it's possible the entity Walden most needs to keep her school safe from--is herself.

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