As I Descended

Amnesty Honour winner Robin Talley is back with a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption, where fair is foul, and foul is fair. From the acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves, Robin Talley, comes a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption, where fair is foul, and foul is fair. Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—but one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey. Golden child Delilah is a legend at exclusive Acheron Academy, and the presumptive winner of the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. But Delilah doesn’t know that Lily and Maria are willing to do anything—absolutely anything—to unseat Delilah for the scholarship. After all, it would lock in Maria’s attendance at Stanford—and assure her and Lily four more years in a shared dorm room. Together, Maria and Lily harness the dark power long rumored to be present on the former plantation that houses their school. But when feuds turn to fatalities, and madness begins to blur the distinction between what’s real and what’s imagined, the girls must attempt to put a stop to the chilling series of events they’ve accidentally set in motion. In this award-winning contemporary fiction, the long-listed best literary winners, Maria and Lily, find themselves entangled in a web of teenage romance and dark fantasy. Their pursuit of the Cawdor Kingsley Prize, a symbol of their shared future, leads them down a path of horror, where the line between reality and imagination blurs. For fans of Ashley Herring Blake (Make the Season Bright), Kelly Quindlen (She Drives Me Crazy), Malinda Lo (Last Night at the Telegraph Club), Meryl Wilsner (Something to Talk About), and Taylor Jenkins Reid (Carrie Soto Is Back).