Ninth House

Galaxy "Alex" Stern is an unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in Los Angeles by a hippie mother, she dropped out of school early and entered a world of unstable relationships, dead-end jobs, and worse. By age twenty, she is the sole survivor of an unsolved multiple homicide. While recovering in a hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: a full scholarship to one of the world's most prestigious universities. Alex arrives in New Haven with a task from her mysterious benefactors: monitor the activities of Yale's secret societies. These eight windowless "tombs" are known gathering places for the wealthy and powerful, including politicians and Wall Street executives. However, their occult activities prove far more sinister than expected. They practice forbidden magic, raise the dead, and sometimes prey on the living. This is the first book in the Alex Stern series. It won the Goodreads Choice Award and was a Locus finalist.