Olivie Blake’s The Atlas Six can be described as no less than magnetic, with the tone of Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House and Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. It lends itself both to the avid reader and the budding one, having an atmosphere so surreal and a voice so observant that I could barely put it down. And, with it starting off as self-published, only to acclaim so much fame on BookTok that Tor itselft—a publisher I personally consider the near-monarch of speculative works—picked it up, I can say for near certain that The Atlas Six is a true example of the fast-paced, exponential change that the publishing world is seeing. The Alexandrian Society is a secret society of magical academicians, the best in the world. Their members are caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity. And those who earn a place among their number will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams. Each decade, the world’s six m...
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