A Scholar's Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts

<p><b>In the start of an original fantasy series, Genevieve Cogman, the author of the bestselling <i>The Invisible Library</i>, welcomes you to Graynes, a magical school for demon-summoning. This is <i>St Trinian’s</i> meets the legend of <i>Faust</i>.</b><br><br>Philomela once enjoyed the carefree life of a Cambridge Classics PhD - until her father’s gambling debts forced her to trade prestigious academia for a job on the windswept Yorkshire Moors.<br><br>Graynes, an isolated all-girls school, offers a quiet - if terribly damp - lifeline. As the new Latin mistress, Phil expects nothing more taxing than dreary weather and making dead languages interesting. Instead, she finds unsettlingly eccentric staff, frankly terrifying schoolgirl pranks . . . and a demonic summoning circle in the cellar.<br><br>For Graynes, it turns out, is no ordinary school. But the training ground for the Queen’s elite demonologists.<br><br>Guarding the realm from the forces of hell was certainly not on the job description. But as Phil is plunged into a world of dark arts, talking familiars (and many custard creams), she uncovers a sinister plot that threatens not just the school, but the fate of England itself . . .<br><br>**<br><br><u><b>Praise for Genevieve Cogman:</b></u><br><br><b>‘Cogman writes with beauty and wit’ – T. L. Huchu, author of the Edinburgh Nights series<br><br>‘Smart, swashbuckling joy’ – H. G. Parry, author of <i>The Magician's Daughter</i><br><br>‘A breath of fresh air’ – <i>The Guardian</i></b></p>