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The Atlas Six: The Atlas Book 1: TikTok made me buy it! Paperback – 8 March 2022
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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake is the runaway TikTok must-read fantasy novel of the year. If you loved Ninth House and A Deadly Education, you’ll love this.
Originally a self-published sensation, this edition has been fully edited and revised, including gorgeous new illustrations.
Secrets. Betrayal. Seduction.
Welcome to the Alexandrian Society.
When the world’s best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations. Their members enjoy a lifetime of power and prestige. Yet each decade, only six practitioners are invited – to fill five places.
Contenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind’s deepest secrets. Reina Mori is a naturalist who can perceive and understand the flow of life itself. And Callum Nova is an empath, who can manipulate the desires of others. Finally there’s Tristan Caine, whose powers mystify even himself.
Following recruitment by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they travel to the Society’s London headquarters. Here, each must study and innovate within esoteric subject areas. And if they can prove themselves, over the course of a year, they’ll survive. Most of them.
The story continues in The Atlas Paradox, the heart-stopping sequel.
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTor UK
- Publication date8 March 2022
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions15.2 x 3.3 x 23.4 cm
- ISBN-101529095247
- ISBN-13978-1529095241
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Compelling, entertaining, and addictive. This is academic Darwinism – survival of the smartest -- T. L. Huchu
With a fascinating magic system explored through the lens of philosophy and morality, narrated by dynamic, enthralling characters, The Atlas Six is a tour de force. I read this book in two sittings – once I picked it up, I found it almost impossible to put down -- Christine Lynn Herman
This chilling story of ambition and magic will make you question your own morals as you grow to love (and hate) its fascinating, ruthless cast of characters. I utterly devoured this book -- Amanda Foody
The Atlas Six will thrill those who love twisted plots, twisted relationships, and morally grey characters ready to kill for knowledge and power. Dark, ambitious, and engaging -- H. G. Parry
With a cast of complicated hate-to-love-them characters and enough delicious philosophizing to satisfy even the pickiest dark academia heart, this book will drag you into its undertow and refuse to let you go 'til morning -- Victoria Lee
Coolly horrific, brilliantly brainy and utterly compelling -- Daily Mail
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- Publisher : Tor UK (8 March 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1529095247
- ISBN-13 : 978-1529095241
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Dimensions : 15.2 x 3.3 x 23.4 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 46 in Contemporary Fantasy (Books)
- 147 in Military Fantasy (Books)
- 164 in Romantic Fantasy
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About the authors
Olivie Blake is the pseudonym of Alexene Farol Follmuth, a lover and writer of stories, many of which involve the fantastic, the paranormal, or the supernatural, but not always. More often, her works revolve around what it means to be human (or not), and the endlessly interesting complexities of life and love.
Olivie has penned several indie SFF projects, including the webtoon Clara and the Devil with illustrator Little Chmura and the viral Atlas series. As Follmuth, her young adult rom-com My Mechanical Romance releases May 2022.
Olivie lives in Los Angeles with her husband and baby, where she is generally tolerated by her rescue pit bull. More on Olivie can be found at www.olivieblake.com.
Little Chmura is a digital illustrator and animator. Her illustration practice is focused on portraits, with a special interest for intense dramatic looks. Little Chmura loves working with strong contrast, textured brush strokes and animation to create incandescent art. In recent years, she created Clara and the Devil webtoon series with Olivie Blake and a collection of the Atlas Six illustrations.
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Sci fi fantasy
Magical realism
NA
Multiple POVs
Diverse morally grey characters
So we all know The Library of Alexandria burnt down however all the knowledge was saved and cared for by a secret society.
Once every 10yrs six talented magicians are invited to be considered for initiation into the ranks.
They have a year to prove themselves, after which 5 will be initiated & go on to untold wealth, power, and prestige.
This is dark academia meets X-Men, with a sprinkle of spice. But don't be fooled, the romance is a subplot.
The academic rivalry is on point and the ebb and flow between the characters is amazing.
You slowly unravel each of the six characters with sophisticated dialogue & each POV has its own style so you truly feel that each are unique.
It's thought provoking, at times feels like a psychological war in my heart all with the underlying message of - all knowledge is worth having but at what cost?
I know I will be re-reading this book many times and can already feel that once I’ve done this and absorbed all this book has to offer that it will be a five star favourite read.
There was nothing predictable about this book and so many new concepts to consider. The characters were complicated yet simple in their desire to be their best, striving for knowledge and power simply to fulfil their own potential.
The final 10% of the book started to bring the puzzle pieces together and left me craving more pieces to really understand what this team of maedians could really do together.
I highly recommend making sure that you have dedicated time to read this whole book to ensure you can immerse yourself in the story.



She goes into such incredible detail with every part of this book. It’s got an intriguing premise, sure—but it’s the detail that captivates you, that makes you believe all of it is actually possible. She’s done her research and it shows. (Well actually it doesn’t, because well-written material that has been well-researched will always come up seamless: and ‘The Atlas Six’ is exactly that.) She writes ensemble better than anyone else I’ve read the work of, and makes you care about each character. And—plot holes? Olivie Blake has no idea what those are. Even the most insignificant details are weaved into the most important part of the story.
Not a moment you take reading this book, not a cent you spend on possessing it, is wasted. It’s all worth it. I’ll be buying many more copies and gifting it this year.
d this in a couple of days. Could not put it down. Loved the magic system. Thought it was original. There were some twists I saw coming, but others I did not expect. I cannot wait for book 2.
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Let me give credit where it’s due – I applaud Ms Blake for what she was trying to do, she’s throwing out and trying to incorporate some huge concepts and ideas into a unique story but unfortunately, I wasn’t convinced by her execution.
I tend to enjoy reading about morally grey characters, but I didn’t root for or gravitate towards anyone in particular in this book, and neither was I invested in the numerous Dramione reinterpretations, I mean character relationships or dynamics, varied as they were. The traits which made the characters intriguing at the beginning were downplayed when they talked and acted like edgy teenagers. Now, I like my fair share of edgy teenage characters but this novel presents itself as a much more eloquent story with mature characters. I know a certain level of pretentiousness is to be expected in a dark academia novel but my god, the navel-gazing, philosophical musings and vague remarks about the mysteries of life, reality, desire, time and space grated on my nerves. I didn't feel like they were incorporated smoothly at all because they ended up coming off as grand but hollow statements. Over the top, bloated dialogue in which characters answer questions with another question tended to either lead nowhere and reveal very little, be exposition heavy or, most frequently, unsuccessfully attempt to heighten tension and create emotions between characters where I felt none.
I was also frustrated and confused by the very vague and yet oddly specific science based magic system which had no rules for the reader to follow and was conveniently utilised as the plot required it. It all somehow manages to make the book too underdeveloped and overdeveloped at the same time.
Another problem I had is that for a story set in a sinister, academic setting, this novel completely lacked any tangible atmosphere associated with the trope and I think that can be mainly blamed on the shallow characterisation, lack of high stakes and the baffling magic system.
There is an interesting twist at the end but by then it was too late to keep me hooked. As my enjoyment of this book continually dwindled down, I will most likely not continue with the series.
Hopefully I’ll have better luck with Olivie’s other books which sound unique and promising enough to make me want to give them a go, even though I ended up mostly disliking this one.



I tried to get into the book, but the character progression was horrible.
Not being able to be drawn to any of them was a difficult thing to accomplish.
Then it just seems the author wrote the book and (viewers of the friends series will know) "went Joey" on the book meaning they used a thesaurus on every other word. Unnecessary.
Just had to stop near midway.
Each to their own but don't get behind the hype.

Okay, it's only February but I have been chasing that 5 stars read for what feels like AGES; I've read some great 4 stars and 'this was almost perfect but something pissed me off' vibes.
This is a weird way to start reviewing a fave book...but I feel like it could be quite easy to dislike this story? The air of pretentiousness and themes of studying magic, science and Big Deep Questions set up the potential for a LOT of eye-rolling and skim-reading. Had it not been for the author's sheer amount of PASSION and joy for storytelling and evident love of all these characters. They've clearly lived inside their heads for a while and the way emotions and motives are translated onto the page is kinda insanely creative and thought-provoking.
The story itself gave me The Magicians/Six of Crow vibes; it's adult, queer af, and cleverly magical in a mundane, powerful way.
Anyway. I loved this. Obviously. I'd rec it to anyone who wants to vibe with a bunch of characters way smarter and cooler and scarier than they are.