Magisterium · Book 3

The Bronze Key

Published
1 January 2016
Pages
31
ISBN-13
9780804122689
Type
novel
Cover of The Bronze Key

About this book

The Bronze Key (2016) is the third book in Magisterium, coming before The Silver Mask and deepening the twist-heavy war Call has inherited without asking for it.

Key facts about The Bronze Key

The Bronze Key is a novel by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. Readers have had it since 2016. It runs to 31 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of The Bronze Key. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780804122689 to find the main one.

The Bronze Key is book 3 of 5 in the Magisterium series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with The Iron Trial (2014).

Additionally, Holly Black writes The Modern Faerie Tales, The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Curse Workers, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy and romantic fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Thief of Night is the latest published Holly Black book on file, from 23 September 2025.

About Holly Black

Holly Black is an American author who has spent over two decades as one of the defining voices in young adult fantasy, moving between menacing faerie courts and other dark, richly imagined worlds. See every Holly Black book in order.

Its place in Magisterium

The Bronze Key is book 3 in the Magisterium series. It follows The Copper Gauntlet. It is followed by The Silver Mask. See the full Magisterium reading order.

Callum Hunt has spent his whole life being warned by his father to avoid the Magisterium, an underground school where mages train students in elemental magic -- so naturally, Call fails the entrance trial on purpose, only to be accepted anyway, and dragged into a magical education his father spent years trying to prevent. As Call trains alongside two other first-year mages, he starts to piece together why his father was so desperate to keep him away, uncovering secrets about a war against an ancient evil sorcerer…

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