Katabasis
by R. F. Kuang
If you enjoyed Babel and Yellowface, Kuang’s previous bestsellers, check out Katabasis which blurs the boundaries of fantasy, satire, and philosophy. Alice Law is an ambitious graduate student specialising in Magick at Cambridge. When the revered Professor Jacob Grimes unexpectedly dies, Alice joins forces with a rival academic on a rescue mission into the underworld.
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