KATABASIS (Deluxe Limited Edition) by R.F. Kuang

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang is a dark academia fantasy that blends myth, magic, and academic rivalry into an unforgettable descent to the underworld. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface delivers a chilling tale where Dante’s Inferno meets Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, reimagined through her sharp, uncompromising voice.

At the heart of Katabasis is Alice Law, a brilliant graduate student who has sacrificed everything—her pride, health, sanity, and even love—for a career in Magick under the legendary Professor Jacob Grimes. But when Grimes dies in a mysterious magical accident, Alice refuses to let her dreams die with him. She’s prepared to follow him into Hell itself, because his recommendation may determine her entire future. The only problem? Her academic rival, Peter Murdoch, has decided to do the very same thing.

Armed with chalk-drawn Pentagrams, ancient tales of Orpheus and Dante, and the unshakable determination born from academic trauma, Alice and Peter must cross Hell together in search of the man they don’t even like. But Katabasis reveals that Hell is nothing like the storybooks say, Magick isn’t always the solution, and secrets from their shared past could bind them as allies—or doom them forever.

R. F. Kuang’s Katabasis is a gripping journey of ambition, sacrifice, and survival that will leave readers questioning what it truly means to chase brilliance at any cost.