The dark school of magic has always done its best to devour its students, but now that El has reached her final year - and somehow won herself a handful of allies along the way - it's suddenly developed a very particular craving ... For her. As the savagery of the school ramps up, El is determined that she will not give in ; not to the mals, not to fate, and especially not to the Scholomance. But as the spectre of graduation looms - the deadly final ritual that leaves few students alive - if she and her allies are to make it out, El will need to realise that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules.
