The Magicians is the most dazzling, erudite and thoughtful fantasy novel to date.

This is a book for grown-up fans of children's fantasy and would also appeal to those who loved Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Forget Hogwarts: this is where the magic really is.

The Magicians is angst-ridden, bleak, occasionally joyous and gloriously readable. a terrific, at times almost painfully perceptive novel of the fantastic. The Magicians ought to be required reading. Scott Smith, author of The Ruinsĭark and dangerous and full of twists. It's strange, fanciful, extravagant, eccentric, and truly remarkable. The Magicians is fantastic, in all senses of the word. Junot Diaz, author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar WaoĪ darkly cunning story about the power of imagination itself. Grossman delivers superb coming of age fantasy. It's strange, fanciful, extravagant, eccentric, and truly remarkable - a great story, masterfully told.' - SCOTT SMITH, author of THE RUINS Read more ' The Magicians is fantastic, in all senses of the word. Forget Hogwarts: this is where the magic really is.' - SFX ' The Magicians is angst-ridden, bleak, occasionally joyous and gloriously readable. 'The best fantasy trilogy of the decade' - CHARLES STROSS Lev Grossman has written a terrific, at times almost painfully perceptive novel of the fantastic' - KELLY LINK ' The Magicians ought to be required reading. Literary perfection.' - ERIN MORGENSTERN, author of THE NIGHT CIRCUS 'Lev Grossman has conjured a rare creature: a trilogy that simply gets better and better as it goes along. 'A sophisticated, subtle novel that is also magical fun' - THE TIMES superb' - JUNOT DIAZ, author of DROWN and THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO THE FIRST BOOK IN LEV GROSSMAN'S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN TRILOGY There are others powers than sorcery, powers that are as seductive as they are dangerous - and when the illusion of safety shatters, Quentin is drawn into a world far darker than he ever imagined.Īfter all, power corrupts. Quentin plunges deep into a secret world of obsession and privilege, a world of freedom and power and for a while, it seems to answer all Quentin's desires. Instead of Princeton, he finds himself invited to study at Brakebills - a secret college of modern-day sorcerers. Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton University, he finds his interviewer dead - but a strange envelope bearing Quentin's name leads him down a very different path. In a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price.

THE BESTSELLING BOOK BEHIND THE HIT SYFY SHOW dark and dangerous and full of twists' - GEORGE R. ' The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. The unputdownable new novel by the bestselling author of CODEX

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