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.

Praise for Bodies of Magic
"As intricate and complex as a life-saving surgery, as welcome as a treatable diagnosis, and as comforting as a successful course of antibiotics, this is a brilliant book. More, please."--Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author

"A twisty mystery, a fascinating system of medical magic, and a complex and compelling cast. 'Sleep is for summer' say the Academie medical students, and I can assure you, sleep is also for after finishing Bodies of Magic."--Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians

"A captivating murder mystery and take on medical fantasy--Bodies of Magic kept me reading late into the night."--Shannon Chakraborty, New York Times bestselling author of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

"Bodies of Magic crackles with Marske's signature wit, effortlessly rich worldbuilding, and layered character dynamics. A perfect book, as complex and brilliant as a healing array. I absolutely loved it."--Allison Saft, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Dark and Drowning Tide

"Smart, sexy, compassionate, and utterly absorbing, with gloriously complicated characters and a world that feels sharp-edged and real. This book is everything I love about dark academia--I couldn't put it down."--H.G. Parry, author of The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

"A vivid and tense choral investigation into wrongdoing, medicine and magic--I couldn't put it down."--Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author of the Dominion of the Fallen series

"Freya Marske's Bodies of Magic has everything I love in a novel--an exquisitely wrought world, a compelling mystery at its heart, and characters that come alive on the page. Plus, there was the unexpected but fun part: fantasy medical school! A gorgeous, clever, gripping read."--Lydia Kang, bestselling author of Opium and Absinthe

"...an intriguing fantasy mystery with characters from a variety of backgrounds and a complex magic system. Hand to fans of dark academia along with readers of Katherine Addison."--Library Journal, STARRED review

"A tale as much of academic dishonesty, corruption, and oppressive bureaucracy as it is of magic, finding new friends, and learning to stand your ground...Fans of mysteries where everyone has a motive will enjoy the tangled web."--Booklist

Praise for Freya Marske
"Marske writes what I crave most in romantasy: brilliant craft, fresh voice, characters worth obsessing over, and genuine honest-to-god heat."--Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue, on Swordcrossed

"There's nothing in fantasy or queer romance that Marske can't do."--Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Long Live Evil

"Freya Marske's books are something special."--Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author

"Delightful and spicy . . . Marske is simply superb."--The New York Times on the Last Binding trilogy

"Absolutely delightful. One of the most unusual fairy-tale retellings I've seen in a hen's age. I enjoyed it enormously!"--T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author, on Cinder House

"Gorgeous, whimsical, romantic, and bittersweet, Cinder House both whisks you away and holds you over a flame. I was bespelled."--Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Publisher: Tor Books

Pub date: 2026-09-15

Length: 464 pages