It starts with a class in an old movie theatre.
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Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor.
Most students believe the Professor's stories are just fiction. There isn't a man in Hollywood who you can call to find out the time you'll die. There's not a haunted hotel bar in Los Angeles that the devil likes to frequent. There's no such thing as magic.
But . . . most students don't have the same tragic past as Holland St. James.
Now a graduate student, Holland is hoping to use her thesis to...
It starts with a class in an old movie theatre.
Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor.
Most students believe the Professor's stories are just fiction. There isn't a man in Hollywood who you can call to find out the time you'll die. There's not a haunted hotel bar in Los Angeles that the devil likes to frequent. There's no such thing as magic.
But . . . most students don't have the same tragic past as Holland St. James.
Now a graduate student, Holland is hoping to use her thesis to rewrite her past by proving that some of the most infamous deaths in old Hollywood were actually murders committed by the devil. She has no idea that this quest will lead her into a deadly world of century-old secrets and unimaginable lies and onto the path of two very dangerous men, both of whom are willing to do whatever it takes to find a magic that will either forever alter Holland's life or completely destroy it.
Alchemy of Secrets is the first adult novel from global fantasy phenomenon Stephanie Garber, the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Caraval and Once Upon a Broken Heart series.
*The UK hardback edition will feature four different hidden covers as foil designs printed underneath the dust jacket. These will be available for a limited time only so make sure you pre-order to guarantee getting one. If you order online, you will receive one of the four hidden covers at random. We recommend visiting a bookshop as soon as possible after the book is published to try to collect them all!*
- ISBN10 1399631322
- ISBN13 9781399631327
- Publish Date 7 October 2025 (first published 30 September 2025)
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Gollancz
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English