The Iron Trial

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 realises 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 ...

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

Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles. She is also the co-author of the bestselling fantasy series Magisterium with Holly Black. The Shadowhunter Chronicles have been adapted as both a major motion picture and a television series. Her books have more than fifty million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and three fearsome cats. Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones, and The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award and for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of both an Andre Norton Award and a Newbery Honor. Her new books are The Darkest Part of the Forest, a return to faerie fiction, and The Iron Trial, the first book in a middle grade fantasy series, Magisterium, co-authored by Cassandra Clare. Holly currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door.Black's novel The Cruel Prince, the first in her Folk of the Air series, won the 2019 Silver Inky Award. Paul Boehmer appeared in the acclaimed Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband and on television in Frasier, Judging Amy, Guiding Light and All My Children. His excellent narrations include Be the Hands and Feet by Nick Vujicic, Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee and The Magisterium series by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare.

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