SAFEKEEPING

From the Ninth House series , Vol. 3 by Leigh Bardugo ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 15, 2026 Sharp writing, vivid characters, and puzzle box plotting bring the trilogy to a ringing conclusion. Awards & Accolades Likes 13 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller A dark fantasy set on the Yale campus ends with a bang. Galaxy “Alex” Stern of Lethe House, one of Yale’s storied secret societies, has been to hell and back. That was in Hell Bent (2023), the middle book in Bardugo’s Ninth House trilogy, where the secret societies wield not just temporal power but magic as well. Hell Bent ended with Alex and her friends rescuing her crush, mentor, and fellow Lethe officer, Daniel “Darlington” Arlington V, from eternal torment. One small wrinkle: The demon Golgarot used Alex’s blood to wedge a door open between Hell and New Haven, and his minions are slipping through. Also, one of the group has turned into a vampire, and Darlington is now half demon. “He’d given up some part of himself to preserve the rest of his human soul. He’d become both prisoner and warden.” As the final book opens, the exhausted crew are hunting yet another monster. They can’t keep this up forever; they will have to fi...