Books Freya Marske Announcing Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske A dark academia fantasy arriving September 2026 By Reactor | Published on December 10, 2025 Photo credit: Kris Arnold Comment 0 Share New Share Photo credit: Kris Arnold We are pleased to announce the acquisition of Bodies of Magic, a medical dark academia by Freya Marske. Bodies of Magic will be published by Tor Books on September 15, 2026. At the Academie of the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, every mage with the healer’s gift has five years to master their power and to prepare for the infamous Grand Exam—a five-day trial whose results will determine their entire future.The list of exam rules includes:• You will perform five practical cases.• Your exam group is chosen at random.• You pass together, or fail together.It does not include:• On the first day, your exam group will find a classmate’s dead body in the exam hall.And as they will soon discover, this particular group all have something to hide… and all have a connection with the dead girl, a brilliant scholar who would have been first in their class.Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. One with the potential to change the world.Are you ready?Let’s begin. From author Freya Marske: This book has been brewing for almost half my life, and it’s definitely a different and more ambitious shape than my other works thus far. My five terrible stressed-out medical students are ready to have some messy feelings and solve an equally messy murder—I hope everyone is as excited to read their story as I am to finally share it with you! From editor Stephanie Stein: If you, like me, are impatiently waiting for the next season of The Pitt and love a dark academia fantasy, then trust me: this book is going to be your next obsession. With characters that will instantly win you over, worldbuilding that’s at once effortless and rewardingly complex, and some signature Freya Marske slow-burning romance, this read is truly to die for. Freya Marske is a USA Today bestselling author and has been nominated for two Hugo Awards. Her books include Swordcrossed, Cinder House, and A Marvellous Light, which was an international bestseller and won the Romantic Novel Award for Fantasy. She lives in Australia. Buy the Book Cinder House Freya Marske A retelling of Cinderella — reimagined as a queer Gothic romance Buy Book Cinder House Freya Marske A retelling of Cinderella — reimagined as a queer Gothic romance A retelling of Cinderella — reimagined as a queer Gothic romance Buy this book from: AmazonBarnes and NobleiBooksIndieBoundTarget The post Announcing <i>Bodies of Magic</i> by Freya Marske appeared first on Reactor.