{"product_id":"ninth-house","title":"Ninth House","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003e*The adult debut from the author of SHADOW AND BONE - now a Netflix Original series!*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe instant SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller that Stephen King calls 'Impossible to put down'. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGalaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with for her murder.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause Alex knows the secret societies are far more sinister and extraordinary than anyone ever imagined. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And sometimes they prey on the living . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'One of the best fantasy novels I've read in years' \u003cb\u003eLev Grossman, bestselling author \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'[A] mesmerising novel' \u003cb\u003eCharlaine Harris, bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e rocked my world' \u003cb\u003eJoe Hill, bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e is the best fantasy novel I've read in years\u003c\/b\u003e, because it's about real people. Bardugo's imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story, full of shocks and twists, is \u003cb\u003eimpossible to put down\u003c\/b\u003e - Stephen King\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinth House \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eone of the best fantasy novels I've read in years\u003c\/b\u003e. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent -- it's a portal to a world you'll never want to leave - Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeigh Bardugo's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e rocked my world\u003c\/b\u003e. I could not get enough of Alex Stern, \u003cb\u003ea heroine for the ages.\u003c\/b\u003e With a bruised heart and bleeding knuckles, she risks death and damnation - again and again - for the people she cares about. I was cheering her on the whole way: from the first brilliant sentence of this book to the last. More, please, Ms Bardugo. - Joe Hill\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003emesmerising novel\u003c\/b\u003e, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and \u003cb\u003eI was one rapt reader\u003c\/b\u003e - Charlaine Harris\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinth House\u003c\/i\u003e is the \u003cb\u003ebest thing I've read in a long time\u003c\/b\u003e. There's so much magic here that you'll begin to feel it seeping into the room around you as you read, and characters so real you 'll practically hear their voices in your ear. Leigh Bardugo has written a book \u003cb\u003eso delicious, so twisty, and so immersive I wouldn't blame you for taking the day off to finish it.\u003c\/b\u003e - Kelly Link\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeigh Bardugo \u003c\/b\u003eis a No. 1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse. With over two million copies sold, her Grishaverse spans the \u003ci\u003eShadow and Bone Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSix of Crows Duology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Thorns \u003c\/i\u003e- with more to come. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, graduated from Yale University (where she was a member of one of the campus's oldest secret societies which she declines to name!), and has worked in advertising, journalism, and even makeup and special effects. These days, she lives and writes in Los Angeles, where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band.\r\n                                        ","brand":"Ninth House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42280868348095,"sku":"9781473227989","price":25.19,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/umNwY5-FU1vRUGGDTgI7EqA0rE5ceY3mil1U-QdMXoUyGQ_60_60.jpg?v=1678947241","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/ninth-house","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}