The Iron Trial
- Published
- 1 January 2014
- Pages
- 295
- ISBN-13
- 9780545840675
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Iron Trial (2014) opens Magisterium: Callum Hunt fails the entrance trial to the underground magic school his father spent years warning him away from -- on purpose -- only to be accepted anyway, in Holly Black and Cassandra Clare's middle-grade collaboration.
Key facts about The Iron Trial
The Iron Trial is a novel by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. Readers have had it since 2014. It runs to 295 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Iron Trial. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780545840675 to find the main one.
The Iron Trial is book 1 of 5 in the Magisterium series. The series has 5 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
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 Iron Trial is book 1 in the Magisterium series. It is followed by The Copper Gauntlet. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780545840675