The themes of power, academia, ambition, and fatal flaws take center stage in this book. Of these recruits, five will persevere through the initiation period and join the society, while the remaining one will perish. Then each median is recruited to join the Alexandrian Society, a secret organization devoted to protecting magical knowledge – including the knowledge of the famed Library of Alexandria and other supposed lost knowledge. The novel follows six medians (magic users), each highly skilled and using their powers to pave their way through society. “The Atlas Six” is a 2020 fantasy novel penned by Olivie Blake. It will show you what people will do for, and can be pushed to, for something they desire. It features complex relationships, unique magic powers, and a very complex world that’s more like our own then you would expect from a novel of its genre. This diamond is dark, powerful, highly inquisitive, and very alluring. However, after continual scrolling, I found my diamond. Some days it seems like you’re just looking for a diamond in a very familiar and well travelled mine.

Most of them.I’ve been spending a lot of time on BookTok lately, and most of the recommendations are books I have read before or variations thereof. And if they can prove themselves, over the course of a year, they’ll survive. Here, each must study and innovate within esoteric subject areas. Finally there’s Tristan Caine, whose powers mystify even himself.įollowing recruitment by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they travel to the Society’s London headquarters.

And Callum Nova is an empath, who can manipulate the desires of others. Reina Mori is a naturalist who can perceive and understand the flow of life itself. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind’s deepest secrets. Yet each decade, only six practitioners are invited – to fill five places.Ĭontenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. Their members enjoy a lifetime of power and prestige. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations. When the world’s best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy.

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