Magisterium · Book 1
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.
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