The Magicians

Description

Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly obsessed with a series of children’s fantasy novels about a magical land called Fillory, and real life constantly disappoints him by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it seems his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers soon lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism, heartbreak, and dangerous disillusionment — and toward the dark secret behind Fillory itself. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be far darker and more perilous than he ever imagined. The prequel to The Magician King and The Magician’s Land, The Magicians is a daring and inventive work of literary fantasy — a breathtaking exploration of obsession, escapism, and the cost of magic.