Katabasis Reading List
Katabasis Reading List
A hellishly good reading list to read while you wait…
The wait is nearly over…one of the most highly anticipated books of the autumn, Katabasis by R.F. Kuang, is about to reach our shelves. Witty, harrowing and spellbinding, Katabasis is destined to be a modern classic, with a love story you won’t soon forget. To kick start your obsession, our booksellers have curated some pre-reading of some of the references and comparative texts R.F Kuang uses in Katabasis...
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Publishing 26/08/2025
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? 2025's most unexpected love story is going to be hell.
