An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system Tracy Deonn s YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and braids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief power and self-discovery (Dhonielle Clayton New York Times bestselling author of The Belles ). After her mother dies in an accident sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape--until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called Legendborn students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a Merlin and who attempts--and fails--to wipe Bree s memory of everything she saw. The mage s failure unlocks Bree s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there s more to her mother s death than what s on the police report she ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. She recruits Nick a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society s secrets--and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur s knights and explain that a magical war is coming Bree has to decide how far she ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down--or join the fight. This paperback edition of Legendborn contains a teaser to the thrilling sequel Bloodmarked as well as an exclusive short story from Selwyn Kane s perspective!