But Frances finds Haxahaven isnt a sanitarium at all: its a school for witches. Before she can be condemned as a murderess, two cape-wearing nurses arrive to inform her she is deathly ill and ordered to report to Haxahaven Sanitarium. Everything changes when shes attacked and a man ends up dead at her feet-her scissors in his neck, and she cant explain how they got there. In 1911 New York City, seventeen-year-old Frances Hallowell spends her days as a seamstress, mourning the mysterious death of her brother months prior. Book Synopsis A New York Times Bestseller The Last Magician meets The Ladys Guide to Petticoats and Piracy in this spectacular, singular, and spellbinding (Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue) historical fantasy following a young woman who discovers she has magical powers and is thrust into a battle between witches and wizards. Druon, to solve her brothers murder or saving Manhattan and her fellow witches. About the Book Whisked away to Haxahaven Academy for Witches in 1911, seventeen-year-old Frances Hallowell soon finds herself torn between aligning herself with Haxahavens foes, the Sons of St.
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