The Fox Hunt

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Practical second-year, Emma Curran, is welcomed into the seductive, debaucherous world of the University's oldest secret society: that is, until her participation in a centuries-old tradition changes her for good and exposes her to the twisted system that keeps this old boys club on top; for readers of Ninth House, Atlas Six, Babel, and The Maidens. Emma Curran is a self-effacing, pragmatic second-year at England's most ancient university. But the layers of privilege that wind around its dreaming spires and shadowed libraries have barely grazed her. She is worlds away from the University's inner circle, with its wealth and snobbery. What's more, she has little interest. Until she wins an exciting research fellowship, and is ushered into the glittering debauchery of the University elite. There, beneath the roaring parties and fizzing champagne, she discovers a shadowy presence. The Turnbull Club, the University's most formidable secret society, has turned out centuries of young men destined to rule. Emma ...