The Magician's Land
Books | Fiction / Fantasy / Epic
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Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD is out now!The stunning #1 New York Times bestselling conclusion to the Magicians trilogy A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS • The San Francisco Chronicle • Salon • The Christian Science Monitor • AV Club • Buzzfeed • Kirkus • NY 1 • Bustle • The Globe and MailQuentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But he can’t hide from his past, and it’s not long before it comes looking for him. Along with Plum, a brilliant young undergraduate with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. But all roads lead back to Fillory, and his new life takes him to old haunts, like Antarctica, and to buried secrets and old friends he thought were lost forever. He uncovers the key to a sorcery masterwork, a spell that could create magical utopia, a new Fillory—but casting it will set in motion a chain of events that will bring Earth and Fillory crashing together. To save them he will have to risk sacrificing everything. The Magician’s Land is an intricate thriller, a fantastical epic, and an epic of love and redemption that brings the Magicians trilogy to a magnificent conclusion, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy. It’s the story of a boy becoming a man, an apprentice becoming a master, and a broken land finally becoming whole.
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Author
Lev Grossman
Pages
416
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2014-08-05
ISBN
1101633530 9781101633533
Ratings
Google: 4
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"A skillful and touching conclusion to the Magician's trilogy. It's less fun than the first two, trading some of Quentin's irreverence and cynicism for a more maturity and compassion. But it's also a neat and satisfying conclusion. I was amazed that Grossman was able to so elegantly tie up all the loose ends from the first two chaotic books. 5 stars, although I WANT MORE MAGICIANS. Guess I'll have to watch the upcoming SyFy show now too."
"LOVED this entire series. i rarely find the conclusions of books i enjoyed satisfying but this ending felt so perfect for the characters, especially quentin. definitely recommend the entire magicians series if you enjoyed narnia as a kid and want to read something in a similar setting but with a (much) darker more adult take and nuanced characters"