The Magician King: A Novel

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Penguin, May 29, 2012 - Fiction - 432 pages
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Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon, The Magicians, now an original series on SYFY, from the author of the #1 bestselling The Magician’s Land.


Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory—a fictional utopia—was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring.

Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they’d hoped. As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia’s illicitly learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth.
 

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
19
Section 3
35
Section 4
55
Section 5
59
Section 6
76
Section 7
83
Section 8
95
Section 15
181
Section 16
191
Section 17
217
Section 18
229
Section 19
241
Section 20
269
Section 21
284
Section 22
297

Section 9
107
Section 10
120
Section 11
126
Section 12
144
Section 13
148
Section 14
164
Section 23
313
Section 24
332
Section 25
358
Section 26
378
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About the author (2012)

LEV GROSSMAN is the book critic for Time magazine and author of five novels, including the international bestseller Codex and the #1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.

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