The Atlas Six
The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation. Enter the latest round of six: Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona, unwilling halves of an unfathomable whole, who exert uncanny control over every element of physicality. Reina Mori, a naturalist, who can intuit the language of life itself. Parisa Kamali, a telepath who can traverse the depths of the subconscious, navigating worlds inside the human mind. Callum Nova, an empath easily mistaken for a manipulative illusionist, who can influence the intimate workings of a person’s inner self. Finally, there is Tristan Caine, who can see through illusions to a new structure of reality—an ability so rare that neither he nor his peers can fully grasp its implications. When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they are told they will have one year to qualify for ini
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First in the Atlas trilogy. Six gifted young magicians are recruited for an elite, secret library called the Alexandrian Society. The catch is that only five of them will survive the year-long initiation.
Olivie Blake's Atlas series has three books: The Atlas Six, The Atlas Paradox, and The Atlas Complex. The trilogy is complete.
Yes. The Atlas Six was originally self-published in 2020 and went viral on BookTok before being acquired and rereleased by Tor Books in 2022.
The Atlas Six was written by Olivie Blake, published in 2020 by Tor Books.
The Atlas Six is 397 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Atlas Six takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
The Atlas Six is a standalone novel by Olivie Blake, not part of a series.
The Atlas Six is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.