WINNER - Young Adult - Golden Quill Awards, 2024 WINNER - Young Adult - American Fiction Awards 2023 FINALIST - Fantasy (General) - American Fiction Awards 2023

Enjoy the entire multiple award-winning trilogy in one cover for the first time!

“Clara shines as a spunky protagonist who is grown-up enough to accept her destiny…. Jones links math and magic in a way that makes math seem cool…. Fresh ideas, some welcome diversity, and memorable character work enliven the material.” —Booklife

Clara’s story starts simply enough: Although she and her family seem to change cities more often than usual, she’s still just a perfectly ordinary thirteen year-old girl who loves math and gets a bit bored in History. Perfectly normal.

Right?

But one day things… change. A mural in a Las Vegas “Art Alley” draws her attention, and she tumbles through it into Underhill, the magical land created by the Fae and now populated by witches.

Oh, it turns out Clara is a witch. Which makes her eligible to join the student body at Linginbaum’s School for Magic-Users.

But she’s not even an ordinary witch—she’s a once-in-a-generation special kind of witch, one who experiences magic entirely differently from her peers. A special kind of witch who may hold the keys to saving Underhill itself from the predations of the Paladins, an order of witch hunters almost as old as humanity itself.

Collecting all three books in the Clara Thorn trilogy, this omnibus edition follows Clara as she is found, as she fights, and as she finally wins. It’s a coming-of-age story for a strong young woman who embraces her destiny through all of its complicates and struggles, who learns about the mighty power of friendship and family, and who stands up in the face of all odds.

“Jones’ series opener brims with wonderful characters. … While a school for magical youngsters has become a popular subgenre all its own, this novel unfolds as an engrossing mystery. … Clara’s…synesthesialike power showcases the author’s radiant prose.”—Kirkus Reviews

“…an incredibly well written Young Adult Fantasy—using magical realism to bring the enchanting world of Underhill to life. The lore of the world…is easy to understand, as [Jones] reveals it in dribs and drabs, allowing the reader to learn about this new realm at the same speed as Clara…. He has hit on all of the typical tropes including found family and magic schools, while managing to create something completely and utterly unique.”—Reedsy.com Discovery