IT ENDS IN FIRE
Little, Brown (2021)
Praise for IT ENDS IN FIRE
“An addictive and invigorating tale of romance, revenge, and rebellion”
- LGBTQ Reads
“The hero that fantasy fiction is waiting for…”
- San Francisco Book Review
“A fun and quick-paced story that will engage and challenge readers”
- The Seattle Times
“Shvarts has effectively built a world where sexuality is fluid and diversity is well integrated.”
- The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“There is much violence here, yet there is also tenderness, loyalty, and a protagonist who manages to acknowledge who she is and take a stand for what truly matters”
- School Library Journal
ALKA CHELRAZI IS ON A MISSION:
1. Infiltrate Blackwater Academy
2. Win the Great Game
3. Burn Wizard society to the ground
As a child, Alka witnessed her parents' brutal murder at the hands of Wizards before she was taken in by an underground rebel group.
Now, Alka is deep undercover at the most prestigious school of magic in the Republic: Blackwater Academy, a place where status is everything, where decadent galas end in blood-splattered duels, where every student has their own agenda. To survive, Alka will have to lie, cheat, kill, and use every trick in her spy's toolkit. And for the first time in her life, the fiercely independent Alka will have to make friends in order to recruit the misfits and the outcasts into her motley rebellion.
But even as she draws closer to victory — to vengeance — she sinks deeper into danger as suspicious professors and murderous rivals seek the traitor in their midst, and dark revelations unravel her resolve. Can Alka destroy the twisted game...without becoming a part of it?