Quentin Coldwater er et geni, men han har det elendigt. Han burde fokusere på at vælge et universitet og udnytte sin hjerne. I stedet er han i al hemmelighed besat af fantasybøgerne, der foregår i det magiske land Fillory. Quentins virkelige liv er skuffende i sammenligning med det fra bøgerne. Helt uventet bliver Quentin optaget på en hemmelig skole for magi, og det ser ud til, at hans vildeste drømme nu er gået i opfyldelse. Men magiskolen er ikke, som han forestillede sig. Hans nyfundne kræfter fører ham i sidste ende til den mørkehemmelighed bag historien om Fillory. Landet med hans barndomsfantasier viser sig at være meget mørkere og farligere, end han nogensinde kunne have forestillet sig.

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Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman (born June 26, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American novelist and journalist, most notable as the author of The Magicians Trilogy: The Magicians (2009), The Magician King (2011), and The Magician's Land (2014). He was formerly the book critic and lead technology writer at Time magazine (2002–16). Lev Grossman's first novel, Warp, was published in 1997. Warp was about "the lyrical misadventures of an aimless 20-something in Boston who has trouble distinguishing between reality and Star Trek." It received largely negative customer reviews on Amazon.com, and in response, Grossman submitted fake reviews to Amazon using false names. He then recounted these actions in an essay titled "Terrors of the Amazon". His second novel, Codex, was published in 2004 and became an international bestseller. After Codex, Grossman published the book that he is most well known for, The Magicians.