riordan r demigods and magicians
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The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea . . . dark and dangerous and full of twists - GEORGE R. R. MARTINTHE BOOKS BEHIND THE HIT SYFY SHOW_____________________________________Meet Quentin Coldwater, king of the bizarre and wonderful land of Fillory. But he is getting restless: even in heaven a man needs a little adventure. So when a steward is murdered on a mornings hunt Quentin gets exactly that. But this quest is like no other. What starts as a glorified cruise to faraway lands soon becomes the stuff of nightmares.But Quentin was once a man from modern-day Earth, where he attended a secret college of sorcerers, and no matter how far he has strayed from his origins, he cannot escape the consequences of his own deeds...THE SECOND BOOK IN LEV GROSSMANS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN TRILOGY_____________________________________Praise for the Magician Trilogy:Stirring, complex, adventurous . . . superb - JUNOT DIAZ, author of DROWN and THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAOA sophisticated, subtle novel that is also magical fun - THE TIMESLev Grossman has conjured a rare creature: a trilogy that simply gets better and better as it goes along . . . Literary perfection. - ERIN MORGENSTERN, author of THE NIGHT CIRCUSThe Magicians ought to be required reading . . . Lev Grossman has written a terrific, at times almost painfully perceptive novel of the fantastic - KELLY LINKThe best fantasy trilogy of the decade - CHARLES STROSSThe Magicians is angst-ridden, bleak, occasionally joyous and gloriously readable. Forget Hogwarts: this is where the magic really is. - SFXThe Magicians is fantastic, in all senses of the word. Its strange, fanciful, extravagant, eccentric, and truly remarkable - a great story, masterfully told. - SCOTT SMITH, author of THE RUINS