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12 magical books for Harry Potter fans

Magisterium: The Golden Tower

Callum Hunt knows three things. 1) Never trust a magician. 2) Never pass a test a magician gives you. 3) Never let a magician take you to the Magisterium. Forced to take the Iron Trial and enter the world of the Magisterium, Call is dragged deeper into the mysteries that lurk in its depths. This collaborative series follows Call’s conflict as he goes on an extraordinary journey through the fantasy land he inhabits and decides the fate of a whole world.

Think you know magic? Think again. The final instalment of the epic series from bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.

Holly Black (Author) Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children, including Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick series. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award and the Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret library. Her website is www.blackholly.com. Cassandra Clare (Author) Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Mortal Instruments series, The Infernal Devices trilogy, and The Bane Chronicles. Her books have more than 30 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.

The final, thrilling instalment in this extraordinary series from bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare. 
 
A generation ago, powerful mage Constantine Madden came close to achieving what no magician had ever achieved: the ability to bring back the dead. He didn't succeed . . . but he did find a way to keep himself alive, inside a young child named Callum Hunt. 
 
Facing up to what he is, Callum has battled chaos and evil across four years of magical training at the Magisterium, eventually defeating the armies of chaos in an epic battle. 
 
It came at a cost. 
 
Now, triumphant and heartbroken, Callum Hunt has just about had enough, and is ready to complete his training. But the evil Callum faced has not given up just yet . . .

Magisterium: The Silver Mask

Think you know magic? Think again. The fourth title in this series from global superstar authors, Cassandra Clare and Holly Black.

Callum Hunt's life has fallen apart. 
 
His friend is gone. The spy has escaped. His secret is out. 
 
He is facing an existence behind bars, banished from the rest of the magical community for what he is - for what he might become. 
 
But a shocking revelation has promised freedom - at a cost. Will he stay strong, and faithful to his friends and teachers? Or take the risk, and destroy everything he's ever loved? 
 
This fourth year at the Magisterium will be unlike anything else that has gone before . . . 
 
'I can't wait to read more of this series!' - Rick Riordan

Magisterium: The Bronze Key

Magic, murder and spies in the Magisterium - join Call and his friends in the latest instalment of this sensational series. Think you know magic? Think again.

Magic can save you 
Magic can kill you 
 
It should be a time of celebration. The Enemy of Death is dead; a severed head proof of his downfall. The magical world has no reason to believe otherwise, and Callum, Tamara and Aaron are celebrated as heroes. 
 
But at a party held in their honour, things go horribly, brutally wrong. A fellow student is callously murdered, and it seems Call’s worst fears are confirmed: there is a spy in the Magisterium. 
 
No one is safe. 
 
Now, using the powerful magic they’ve been taught, the trio must risk their lives to track down the killer. But magic is dangerous – in the wrong hands it could bring terrible destruction. And reveal the deadliest secret of all . . .

Magisterium: The Copper Gauntlet

Think you know magic? Think again . . .  The new story in the powerful fantasy series from global bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Holly Black.

Full of twists and turns, surprises and wonders...I can't wait to read more of this series.

Cassandra Clare (Author) 
Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Mortal Instruments series, The Infernal Devices trilogy, and The Bane Chronicles. Her books have more than 30 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com. 
 
Holly Black (Author) 
Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children, including Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick series. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award and the Eisner Award, and the recipient of the Andre Norton Award. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret library. Her website is www.blackholly.com.

Callum Hunt’s summer break isn’t like other kids’. His closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf, Havoc. His father suspects him of being secretly evil. And, of course, most kids aren’t heading back to school in the magical world of the Magisterium . . . 
 
It’s not easy for Call . . . and it gets even harder after he checks out his basement and discovers that his dad might be trying to destroy both him and Havoc. 
 
Call escapes to the Magisterium but things only intensify there. The Alkahest - a copper gauntlet capable of separating certain magicians from their magic - has been stolen. And in their search to discover the culprit, Call and his friends awaken the attention of some very dangerous foes - and get closer to an even more dangerous truth. 
 
As the mysteries of the Magisterium deepen and widen, bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare take readers on an extraordinary journey through one boy’s conflict -and a whole world’s fate.

Magisterium: The Iron Trial

A powerful new fantasy series from global bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Holly Black.

moves deftly into the gap left by Harry Potter . . . all the ingredients of a gripping tale for young teenagers

A thrilling coming-of-age story that embraces fantasy tropes while keeping readers guessing.

The Iron Trial is merely a setup and introduction, and promises to take subsequent instalments of the Magisterium series in a more complex and philosophical direction

This is an incredible book . . . once you've started reading, its hard to put the book down. It's awesome! It's full of suspense and I cannot wait for the next book in the series to be released!

The strange, subterranean Magisterium is vividly rendered, and a string of ominous revelations will leave readers eager for future installments. Fans of both authors will enjoy getting to know this well-rounded cast in the first steps of their adventure

The third-person narration, filtered through Callum’s delightfully insecure-and- overcompensating-with-snarky-bravado perspective, carries a tone that will likely have readers chortling in recognition. A promising beginning to a complex exploration of good and evil, as well as friendship’s loyalty

I definitely don't want to give anything away about the ending, but I have to give the authors credit for a really stunning climax which had me desperate to get my hands on the next in this 5-book series. I can't wait to find out where we go from here!

From the imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping plunge into the magical unknown. 
 
Think you know magic? 
 
Think again. 
 
The Magisterium awaits . . . 
 
Most people would do anything to get into the Magisterium and pass the Iron Trial. 
 
Not Callum Hunt. 
 
Call has been told his whole life that he should never trust a magician. And so he tries his best to do his worst – but fails at failing. 
 
Now he must enter the Magisterium. 
It's a place that's both sensational and sinister. And Call realizes it has dark ties to his past and a twisty path to his future. 
 
The Iron Trial is just the beginning. Call’s biggest test is still to come . . .

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