The Devils

Pre-order now to receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION— only available on the first printing while supplies last! The collector’s hardcover features stenciled edges, case effects, and illustrated endpapers. Dante’s Inferno meets Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul—perhaps at the cost of their own. Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek: The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world. That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams…. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the very same conclusion. With nothing but the tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them, enough chalk to draw the Pentagrams necessary for their spells, and the burning desire to make all the academic trauma mean anything, they set off across Hell to save a man they don’t even like. But Hell is not like the storybooks say, Magick isn’t always the answer, and there’s something in Alice and Peter’s past that could forge them into the perfect allies…or lead to their doom.

Hunter, a soldier-turned-monk, has sworn to dismantle the tyrannical Kistrill Empire. His weapon? Kingmaker, the royal family's enchanted sword and most potent symbol of power, stolen right from under their noses. With his loyal, battle-hardened friend Chekwe at his side, Hunter seeks refuge in the treacherous mountain jungles of Orzan.

But sanctuary is a distant dream. Two determined women are on his trail: Tennea, Hunter's own sister and the Emperor's elite manhunter, is bound by duty to retrieve Kingmaker and bring her brother to justice. Armed with a company of crack cavalry and a trove of enchanted artifacts, she exploits Hunter's deepest vulnerability – his yearning heart. Then there's Dahlia, a fierce widow who will do anything to protect her son and salvage her ranch from relentless goblin raids. She needs Hunter's help, whether he's willing to give it or not.

As rum-fueled goblin skirmishes escalate into a full-blown war, and Orzan's petty warlords scramble for control of Kingmaker's power, Hunter faces impossible odds. Can he uphold his oath and safeguard the enchanted blade? Or will Chekwe's uncontrollable desire to wield Kingmaker's mysterious power doom them all?

The Lord Ruler is dead. But victory came at a cost. Kelsier, the mastermind behind the revolution, is gone, leaving Vin, the former street urchin turned powerful Mistborn, and young Emperor Elend Venture to forge a new world from the ashes of a thousand-year empire.

But their struggle has only just begun. As Vin battles assassins and grapples with her growing status as a religious icon, Luthadel faces threats from within and without. Three armies converge to lay siege to the city, while whispers of an ancient power, the Well of Ascension, offer a tempting, yet uncertain, path to salvation. With the city teetering on the brink of chaos and the very mists behaving in terrifying new ways, Vin and Elend must unravel the secrets of the past to secure a future that may already be lost. Was overthrowing the Lord Ruler truly a victory, or merely the beginning of the end?

"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man."

So begins The Wise Man's Fear, the second chapter in Patrick Rothfuss's epic Kingkiller Chronicle. Kvothe, the young arcanist and adventurer, continues his journey, seeking to unravel the mysteries of his past and forge his own legend.

Exiled from the University by a noble's wrath, Kvothe seeks his fortune in the wider world. His travels lead him to the exotic land of Vintas, where he navigates the treacherous currents of courtly politics, uncovers deadly conspiracies, and commands a band of mercenaries on a perilous quest.

But Kvothe's path is fraught with danger. He seeks the truth behind the enigmatic Amyr, the dreaded Chandrian, and the secrets surrounding his parents' murder. His quest will lead him to the legendary Adem mercenaries, force him to reclaim his family's honor among the Edema Ruh, and draw him into the mystical realm of the Fae, where he will face the alluring and deadly Felurian.

In a world of magic, music, and adventure, Kvothe strives to become the hero he was destined to be, even as he discovers the heavy price of legend.