The bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface spins a sublimely dark and unputdownable tale of two rival Cambridge academics who must join forces on a rescue mission in hell itself.
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Year 2026
Prepare for one hell of a journey…
Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.
Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.
But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.
But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.
That’s if they can agree on anything.
Will they triumph, or kill each other trying?
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‘It’s Dante’s Inferno meets The Secret History and it’s at the top of our read-next pile’ Elle 'A novel to savour … I envy those who get to read it for the first time' Rebecca Ross
'A witty, gory, harrowing ride' Leigh Bardugo
'A formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic' Olivie Blake
‘A sprawling, erudite tale of magic … teeming with intelligence, ideas and humour’ Marie Claire
'The unrolling of a daring concept' Daily Mail
'An arresting and deeply affecting novel' SFX 'A rich novel of romance, history and magic’ iPaper
'An immersive, worldbuilding adventure … I devoured it' Red 'Profound … Linger[s] on the mind' New Statesmen
'Bitingly funny dark academia' Arts Hub
KATABASIS IS A RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB SUMMER SELECTION, ELLE'S BOOK OF THE MONTH, AND INCLUDED IN THE GUARDIAN'S ROUND-UP OF MOST ANTICIPATED 2025 FICTION. BABEL WAS A BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR, BLACKWELL’S BOOK OF THE YEAR, A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST AND THE DAILY MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022
Katabasis (paperback, s)
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The bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface spins a sublimely dark and unputdownable tale of two rival Cambridge academics who must join forces on a rescue mission in hell itself.
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Year 2026
A driven grad student and her infuriating rival descend into Hell to retrieve a dead mentor, only to discover the underworld rewrites every rule—and surviving it means trusting each other more than either wants to admit.
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- Author: R.F. Kuang
- Language: Angļu valoda
- Year of publication: 2026
- Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
- Cover type: Soft cover
- Number of pages: 576
- product.Svars: 0.388 kg
- ISBN code: 9780008501907
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