Quentin Coldwater has lost everything. He has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams that he once ruled. Everything he had fought so hard for, not to mention his closest friends, is sealed away in a land Quentin may never again visit. 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...

Drazen has completed his magician's training and is now ready to carry out the mission conferred upon him by his caste: to find and take down the renegade sorcerer Lancaster, his own father. Torn between his duty, the desire to find the love of his parents, and the pursuit of his own life-long love, the young magician will be left with the most difficult of choices.

Drazen has completed his magician's training and is now ready to carry out the mission conferred upon him by his caste: to find and take down the renegade sorcerer Lancaster, his own father. Torn between his duty, the desire to find the love of his parents, and the pursuit of his own life-long love, the young magician will be left with the most difficult of choices.

Drazen has completed his magician's training and is now ready to carry out the mission conferred upon him by his caste: to find and take down the renegade sorcerer Lancaster, his own father. Torn between his duty, the desire to find the love of his parents, and the pursuit of his own life-long love, the young magician will be left with the most difficult of choices.

Nia, the middle girl in a large Welsh family, discovers her own special artistic talent as she uncovers the dark secret shared by the Llewelyn and Griffiths families.