Alex Stern · Book 2

Hell Bent

Published
10 January 2023
Pages
448
ISBN-13
9781250313102
Type
novel
Cover of Hell Bent

About this book

Hell Bent continued the series over three years later, in January 2023, at a shorter 448 pages, widening Alex's investigations into a conspiracy reaching into Lethe's own history and Yale's institutional rot.

Key facts about Hell Bent

Hell Bent is a novel by Leigh Bardugo. Readers have had it since 10 January 2023. It runs to 448 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Hell Bent. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250313102 to find the main one.

Hell Bent is book 2 of 2 in the Alex Stern series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with Ninth House (2019). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

Additionally, Leigh Bardugo writes Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows and King of Scars as separate series. Those series sit on our romantic fantasy and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Six of Crows: A Darker Shore, Letters from Ketterdam is the latest published Leigh Bardugo book on file, from 3 November 2026.

About Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and worked in copywriting, journalism, and even on-set makeup and special effects before her Yale English degree led anywhere near a fantasy career. See every Leigh Bardugo book in order.

Its place in Alex Stern

Hell Bent is book 2 in the Alex Stern series. It follows Ninth House. See the full Alex Stern reading order.

Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the sole survivor of a grisly, still-unsolved multiple homicide -- and the only reason she's been offered a full ride to Yale isn't her grades, it's that she can see ghosts, a rare gift that makes her useful to the university's eight secret societies. Beneath Yale's ivy-covered prestige, those societies don't just haunt old buildings; they practice real, dangerous magic, and Alex is recruited into Lethe House, the ninth society tasked with policing the other eight's occult activities. When…

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