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The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

Cover of The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh, featuring a coppery line drawing of a bird against a dark background of stars and planets in orbits.

It’s not that surprising to me that this perspective has been uncommon in fantasy, because the shininess of students learning magic is just so iconic and emblematic. But Tesh shows us that the space of teachers, adults, in a “magical school”, as front and center characters, is intensely interesting.