Ink Blood Sister Scribe: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick [Paperback]

NAMED ANEW YORK TIMESNOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR & ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY NOVELS OF THE YEAR

Astonishing and pristine, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by, already so assured and sophisticated that its difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . Its simply a delight from start to finish.  AMAL EL-MOHTAR,New York Times Book Review

Follow where this novel leads and you will be lost in a bewitching spell, a book of magic about books of magic . . . extraordinary.  MARLON JAMES

In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their familys library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collectiona tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power.

For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elementsbooks of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect.

All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joannas isolated herself in their family home in Vermont, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before, the sisters must reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process, theyll uncover the family secrets their parents kept hidden and a world of magic far bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined; secrets that span centuries, continents, and even other libraries . . .

In the great tradition ofNinth House, The Magicians,andPractical Magic,this is a suspenseful and richly atmospheric dark academia novel that draws readers into a vast world filled with mystery anlƒ-