Leigh Bardugo: Dead Beat [2026]

The highly anticipated, explosive conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy from #1
New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here...
Alex Stern made it to hell and back more than once, but this time she left the door open
behind her. Demons are creeping through the streets of New Haven and the Yale campus,
feeding on the souls of the living, terrifying the dead. Alex and her allies can hunt them,
but it''s only a matter of time before the gates to the underworld open and they face a war
they cannot win. To stop it, they''ll have to reach deep into the secrets of Yale and its
societies, and discover the truth hidden in Alex''s own blood.
While she struggles to hold onto the dream of a future Yale once offered, Alex must
contend with the machinations of a corrupt Lethe Board and a deadly vampire with his
own connection to the societies. But for the first time in her life, she won''t have to face
the fight alone. Dawes, Turner, Mercy, and even Tripp will have a role to play, none more
so than Alex''s mentor Darlington, the golden boy who lived so long in her head, now back
in the flesh and cursed with dangerous powers of his own. Hell itself is stalking the
delegates of Lethe House, and they''re all about to learn that demons don''t play by human
rules.
PRAISE FOR THE NINTH HOUSE SERIES:
''Impossible to put down'' STEPHEN KING
''One of the best fantasy novels I''ve read in years'' LEV GROSSMAN
''Ninth House rocked my world'' JOE HILL
''I wouldn''t blame you for taking the day off to finish it'' KELLY LINK
''Mesmerising'' CHARLAINE HARRIS
''A tour de force'' THE NEW YORK TIMES
''C ompulsively readable'' KIRKUS
''Atmospheric'' BOOKLIST
''The fantasy novel of the year'' THE I