Quentin Coldwater has spent his life chasing a feeling, a longing for a magical world like the one in his favorite childhood books. But when he’s accepted into Brakebills, an elite college of magic, reality proves darker and far messier than fiction ever warned.
At Brakebills, magic isn’t whimsical. It’s dangerous, addictive, and painfully real. And when Quentin discovers that Fillory—the mythical land he loved as a child—is real too, the escape he dreamed of becomes a battle for survival.
Lev Grossman’s The Magicians turns the coming-of-age fantasy inside out. It’s sharp, disillusioned, and hauntingly honest about what happens when the dream you chased your whole life finally catches you.
Some stories promised wonder. This one delivers reality, raw, unpredictable, and impossible to put down.
