The Atlas Paradox: The incredible sequel to international bestseller The Atlas Six

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Perhaps there was no way that anything that came after those kinds of highs could ever hope equal them, particularly not the middle novel in a trilogy, which can’t give us the answers we’re so desperately seeking. In this electric sequel to the viral sensation, The Atlas Six, the society of Alexandrians is revealed for what it is: a secret society with raw, world-changing power, headed by a man whose plans to change life as we know it are already under way. Gideon Drake shaded his eyes from the red-burning sun and swept a glance across the scorched and blackened hills. Whatever tiny weapons were being fired at Gideon now were too small to dodge and too quick to fight—probably nothing that could exist on Earth or be operated by humans.

The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six —guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos.It feels important to note that without the propulsive murder competition scheme that drove much of The Atlas Six (and the first year of the new initiates’ time at the Society), this sequel initially struggles to find its purpose. The moment when others started to find something—many somethings—to reinforce their suspicions that Gideon was repulsive in some way. If you’re looking for a book you will want to talk about for a long time (and have plenty of people to talk to about), The Atlas Six is it. Something pierced Gideon’s neck, embedding in his throat, and Gideon’s airway was instantly compromised.

The smoke from the dream faded as Gideon’s mind wandered, and as such he and Max found themselves moving through conscious perception of time and space. Unless he was under unusual amounts of stress that could then cause one of the above bodily reactions, that is … but that he never worried over. That is, at least in part, the question we must ask of The Atlas Paradox, Olivie Blake’s highly anticipated sequel to the popular dark academia novel The Atlas Six, a self-published fantasy debut that went so viral it won a publishing deal and dominated social media publishing discussion for months. And Blake is gleefully unafraid to let her characters be both wildly unreliable and deeply unlikable narrators, asking us to find the sympathetic aspects of their stories that still persist almost in spite of themselves. And those who earn a place among their number will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams.

Meanwhile, the initiation ritual intended to unite the remaining group has only succeeded in driving the already contentious initiates further apart. Gideon instinctively glanced at his arms for evidence of blood or sand, indulging a testing inhale to check his lungs.

An artist with a secret and a Lord of Hell must work together to solve a puzzle in this romantic fantasy adventure. BookTok viral sensation Olivie Blake's Atlas Series, starting with The Atlas Six, pits six magicians against each other in a battle to win one of five spots in a prestigious magical society. At the thought of Nico, Gideon suffered the usual twinge of something exposed, like having misplaced one shoe and carried on trudging without it. She’s a talented artist, but is barely keeping her late father’s gallery afloat while being blackmailed by a local lord who knows a potentially ruinous secret about her. Not that he thought Nico was going to turn out to be some sort of creature hunter or someone planted in his room by his mother (although both were a distinct possibility), but there was always a moment when people started to look at him differently.Max sniffed the air and whined in opposition as they headed west, but they both understood that dreams were Gideon’s domain, and therefore their path was ultimately Gideon’s decision. It is the first of a trilogy and follows six powerful young magic users who have the chance to join the secretive Alexandrian Society.