The Magicians

Best of friends Quentin and Julia, are mysteriously recruited to take an entrance exam to Brakebills University, a secret institution for magical pedagogy.

Quentin is distraught as he faces expulsion for his involvement in an attack on Brakebills, while Julia delves deeper into underground magic to prove herself to the Hedge Witches.

Quentin wakes up in a mental hospital and must set his panic aside to seek the help of the one person he least trusts. J

Although everyone should be training for the upcoming Welter's Tournament, the students are each dealing with a personal distraction that keeps them from staying focused.

The First Years are thrust into the old Brakebills tradition of THE TRIALS, a midterm-slash-hazing ritual in which failing means flunking out for good.

The Brakebills students endure the rigors of Brakebills South and the harsh methods of Professor Mayakovsky.

Quentin and Alice deal with the turn their relationship took at Brakebills South, but their personal crisis is put on hold when an agent of The Beast takes violent action.

Quentin, Alice, Penny and Eliot seek an enchanted object hidden in the estate of Fillory author Christopher Plover which is haunted by the ghosts of past misdeeds

To rescue a friend, Quentin and Alice have to learn to perform a new type of magic... from Alice’s parents. Margo seeks Eliot’s help to deal with a troublesome ex.

Quentin, Alice, Eliot and Margo seek a shortcut to master Battle Magic while Penny turns to old habits to block out the increasingly loud voice in his head.

After a night of drinking, the students wake up to foggy memories and a healthy dose of regret.

Using time magic, Quentin and Julia have arrived in Fillory and now must try to catch up with the rest who are more than 70 years ahead of them, searching for The Beast.