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

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

"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