{"product_id":"higher-magic-hardcover","title":"Higher Magic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCourtney Floyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHigher Magic\u003c\/em\u003e is my catnip. By what dark arts I know not, Floyd has summoned up a wonderful wizard-grad-school slice-of-life, replete with organizing, romance, anxiety, camaraderie, and courage. More please!\" --Max Gladstone, NYT Bestselling Co-Author of \u003cem\u003eThis is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this incisive, irreverent, and whimsical cozy dark academia novel for fans of Heather Fawcett's \u003cem\u003eEmily Wilde\u003c\/em\u003e series and R.F. Kuang's \u003cem\u003eBabel, \u003c\/em\u003ea struggling mage student with intense anxiety must prove that classic literature contained magic--and learn to wield her own stories to change her institution for the better.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst-generation graduate student Dorothe Bartleby has one last chance to pass the Magic program's qualifying exam after freezing with anxiety during her first attempt. If she fails to demonstrate that magic in classic literature changed the world, she'll be kicked out of the university. And now her advisor insists she reframe her entire dissertation using Digimancy. While mages have found a way to combine computers and magic, Bartleby's fated to never make it work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis time is no exception. Her revised working goes horribly wrong, creating a talking skull named Anne that narrates Bartleby's inner thoughts--even the most embarrassing ones--like she's a heroine in a Jane Austen novel. Out of her depth, she recruits James, an unfairly attractive mage candidate, to help her stop Anne's glitches in time for her exam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead, Anne leads them to a shocking and dangerous discovery: Magic students who seek disability accommodations are disappearing--quite literally. When the administration fails to act, Bartleby must learn to trust her own knowledge and skills. Otherwise, she risks losing both the missing students \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e her future as a mage, permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43483405418631,"sku":"9780778387640","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/JjLLO9hmxK9780778387640.webp?v=1763405544","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/higher-magic-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}