The Atlas Paradox

The bargain offered by the Alexandrian Society looked survivable in the first book. The second makes its cost explicit. The Atlas Paradox continues Olivie Blake's story of six exceptionally gifted magicians whose alliances have already begun to fracture. Ambition, secrecy and the uses of knowledge drive the plot, and the characters spend as much time arguing with themselves as with one another. The dark academia setting remains, the philosophy stays baked into the action, and the stakes widen well beyond the library that first brought the group together. What buyers should know: • Second volume, following The Atlas Six in the same sequence • A morally ambiguous cast with loyalties that keep moving • Dark academia atmosphere combined with speculative fantasy • Ideas about knowledge, power and the price of holding both For readers of character-driven fantasy and dark academia who like their protagonists difficult. Published by Pan MacMillan and stocked at Boipoka.