The Golden Enclaves is a 2022 fantasy novel written by American author Naomi Novik following Galadriel "El" Higgins, a half-Welsh, half-Indian sorceress, who must survive to graduation while controlling her destructive abilities at the fabled school of black magic, named for the legendary Scholomance.
Deepthi explains that Ophelia had killed all the Scholomance graduates of one class to power a great working of darkness and was expecting a balance, which came in the form of El.
Liesel calls to inform her that an enclave war has begun at the Scholomance doors, and El rushes back to with Aadhya and Liu following from Beijing.
[1] Lacy Baugher Milas of Paste wrote that The Golden Enclaves is "a rich, fully satisfying conclusion that makes the whole trilogy stronger and more meaningful in retrospect.
"[2] Adrienne Martini gave the book a mostly positive review for Locus, writing that "While Novik’s world is grim, El’s sardonic voice and tender heart make the conclusion to her journey a reward.
[4] Katherine Mangu-Ward of Reason magazine described the book as an example of "Novik's particular strength...writing worlds where the mechanics make sense—the mathematics of power, the economics of magic, the politics of institutions—even as they offer dark echoes of our own dysfunctional reality.