200,000+ Books, Games & Puzzles in-stock 🇳🇿 

Black Friday Sale on Now! Save up to 25% off Books, Toys, Board Games, & Puzzles! ✨

Valmora Academy Book Two: Obsidian

By Ashley Andersen
Series: Valmora Academy
0.0 (0 reviews)
Brief Description
'I need you, whole and breathing. Alive. It took me six hundred years to find you. But my people don't have that much time left.' After narrowly escaping death at the hands of Achātēs, the Star who killed her brother, Arianell comes to in an unfamiliar... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$3199
Elsewhere:
$3799
Pre-order
Releases 16th March 2027 (Approx. Date) Pre-order  "Valmora Academy Book Two: Obsidian" now to secure your copy from our first shipment

Found a better price? Request a price match

The hotly anticipated sequel to romantasy debut MALACHITE.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

'I need you, whole and breathing. Alive. It took me six hundred years to find you. But my people don't have that much time left.'

After narrowly escaping death at the hands of Achātēs, the Star who killed her brother, Arianell comes to in an unfamiliar place. Her captor - the man with onyx eyes - wants to strike a bargain with Aria: he will teach her to harness the terrifying potential of her true nature, and she will help him in return.

Yet the task he sets her seems impossible, and Aria is desperate to get back to Valmora - back to Sebastian.

All Sebastian can think about is finding Aria, but the Academy is in chaos, and their friends are in danger. Seb knows that Achātēs will be back to finish what he started, and they must be ready - even if it means working with an unlikely ally. 

Everything Arianell and Sebastian thought they knew about magic has been altered, and the fate of Valmora rests in their hands. Not even the Stars themselves are prepared for what comes next ...

A fast-paced romantasy sequel that truly delivers, taking what readers loved about Malachite to new heights with epic world-building, insane twists, a new and dangerously charismatic MMC, an adorable magical creature, and tension that is FIRE. Obsidian promises more slow-burn, reluctant allies, forced proximity, found family, elemental magic, hidden power, star-crossed lovers, and spice. If you devoured Malachite, you NEED Obsidian.

Series: Valmora Academy

View all
  • On Sale
    25% off
    Malachite
    Malachite is the start of a dark academia romantasy series that gives you enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn, elemental powers, forced proximity, found family and the perfect amount of spice...     Malachite. Opal. Agate.   Three stones, three powers, three magical units.   Choose your unit ... and hope that it chooses you back.     Arianell Nocthare has been waiting her...
    By Ashley Andersen
    Paperback
    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $3799
    (3)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Pre-order
    Valmora Academy Book Two: Obsidian
    'I need you, whole and breathing. Alive. It took me six hundred years to find you. But my people don't have that much time left.' After narrowly escaping death at the hands of Achātēs, the Star who killed her brother, Arianell comes to in an unfamiliar place. Her captor - the man with onyx eyes - wants to strike a...
    By Ashley Andersen
    Paperback
    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3799
    Pre-order
    Out 16 Mar 2027

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781869718718

Publisher: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 March 2027

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 384

Collections

Ashley Andersen Coming Soon in Fiction Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Published Pre-order Books Pre-order General Fiction Pre-order Romantasy Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Romance Romantasy (Fantasy Romance) Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series: Valmora Academy

About the Author

Ashley is a New Zealand author who loves everything fantasy and romance. When she isn't writing, you'll find her wrangling her two lovely children, going on scenic walking tracks or curled up reading a tear-jerking, rip-your-heart-out book with an iced-coffee and her cats beside her.

Ashley started as a book reviewer on her Instagram @ashs_reads and her TikTok @ashsreads where she has a collective following of over 200,000. Malachite is her

debut novel.

Also by Ashley Andersen

View all
  • On Sale
    25% off
    Malachite
    Malachite is the start of a dark academia romantasy series that gives you enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn, elemental powers, forced proximity, found family and the perfect amount of spice...     Malachite. Opal. Agate.   Three stones, three powers, three magical units.   Choose your unit ... and hope that it chooses you back.     Arianell Nocthare has been waiting her...
    By Ashley Andersen
    Paperback
    $2400
    Elsewhere:
    $3799
    (3)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow

Browse lists from our team

The Latest at Book Hero

View all

More from General Fiction

View all
  • On Sale
    13% off
    Lizzy's Pick Lizzy's Pick
    Yesteryear
    A BOLD AND BITING SATIRE. WILL HAVE YOU GASPING TO THE FINAL PAGE — Nita Prose WICKEDLY FUNNY, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND FRIGHTENINGLY PERCEPTIVE — Abigail Dean INVENTIVE, ADDICTIVE, A WILD RIDE — Ashley Audrain SHOT THROUGH WITH HUMOUR AND LACED WITH DARKNESS — Clare Mackintosh The Stepford Wives meets The Handmaid's Tale — Hannah Deitch My name was Natalie Heller...
    By Caro Claire Burke
    Paperback
    $2600
    Elsewhere:
    $3699
    (3)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • On Sale
    14% off
    Dylan's Pick Dylan's Pick
    Theo of Golden
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.' One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows who he is or where he came from…His name is Theo and he's arrived there by chance –...
    By Allen Levi
    Paperback
    $2500
    Elsewhere:
    $3499
    (6)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • The Wedding People
    'BEST READ OF THE YEAR SO FAR' THE TIMES 'BOOKS AS FUN AS THIS ONE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN' GUARDIAN Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people — but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall...
    By Alison Espach
    Paperback
    $2399
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    (3)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • New Release
    A Court of Splintered Harmony
    Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the breathtaking sixth book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.What was broken will be remade.Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he's been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories,...
    By Sarah J. Maas
    Paperback
    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3699
    (2)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • On Sale
    10% off
    New Release
    Threshing Day
    The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, Threshing Day contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations by artist Joe Requeza.    Rebecca Yarros is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over twenty novels, including Fourth Wing and In the...
    By Rebecca Yarros
    Hardback
    $6300
    Usually:
    $6999
    (2)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Throne of Glass Box Set (Paperback)
    Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend. Discover the worldwide phenomenon of the #1 New York Times-bestselling Throne of Glass series in this gorgeous 8-book box set! In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not...
    By Sarah J. Maas
    Set
    $12400
    Elsewhere:
    $15500
    (6)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • New Release
    Lizzy's Pick Lizzy's Pick
    Chain Reaction
    Jack Reacher, \"the coolest continuing series character\" (Stephen King), returns in a brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child. The world’s bestselling hero is back in a brand new, high-octane adventure! ‘She knew that finding Reacher would not be easy . . .’ Washington DC. General Susan Turner needs help from the only guy she knows will get...
    By Lee Child and Andrew Child
    Paperback
    $2999
    Elsewhere:
    $3800
    (3)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • On Sale
    11% off
    Assassin’s Apprentice
    Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb marks the beginning of an extraordinary adventure in the rich and immersive world of the Six Duchies. Set against the backdrop of a kingdom teetering on the brink of civil war, this gripping tale introduces readers to FitzChivalry Farseer, a royal bastard whose existence threatens the stability of the crown. When the crown prince's secret...
    By Robin Hobb
    Paperback
    $1700
    Elsewhere:
    $2299
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • On Sale
    20% off
    A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set (5 books)
    All five of the Court of Thorns and Roses paperbacks packaged together in a gorgeous box set. "Passionate, violent, sexy and daring." —USA TODAY on A Court of Thorns and Roses Feyre is a huntress. The skin of a wolf would bring enough gold to feed her sisters for a month. But the life of a magical creature comes at...
    By Sarah J. Maas
    Set
    $8000
    Elsewhere:
    $12495
    (4)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Threshing Day
    New Release
    Threshing Day
    The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, Threshing Day, contains thirteen stories starring your favourite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-colour illustrations by artist Joe Requeza and silver-gilded edges. *while stock lasts. Discover the beloved world of the record-breaking, multi-million-copy bestselling series where power always demands a price, secrets darken every hallway,...
    By Rebecca Yarros
    Hardback
    $4999
    Elsewhere:
    $5500
    (2)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • On Sale
    19% off
    Lizzy's Pick Lizzy's Pick
    John of John
    The stunning new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.'John of John has the emotional range and sense of sympathy of his earlier books, but this book is special, it has an urgency, an immediacy, a brilliant sense of place, the drama of fierce emotion repressed, concealed and volcanically exposed' - Colm Tóibín'To read John of John is to move to...
    By Douglas Stuart
    Paperback
    $2500
    Elsewhere:
    $3800
    (4)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • On Sale
    14% off
    A Court of Wings and Ruin
    The third instalment of the GLOBAL PHENOMENON, romantic fantasy epic and TikTok sensation, ACOTAR. From multi-million and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas. In A Court of Wings and Ruin, the gripping third book of the ACOTAR series, Feyre Archeron faces the ultimate battle for her world. Having returned to the Spring Court, she is determined to gather...
    By Sarah J. Maas
    Paperback
    $1800
    Elsewhere:
    $2299
    (1)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 200,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.