[If you haven't read The Magicians yet, you might want to go back and check that out, for purposes of understanding what's going on.]
The Magician King picks up shortly after the end of The Magicians. You could think of it as the answer to a hypothetical question: what if the Pevensies went to Narnia and never came back? What if they never had to go home, and could stay being kings and queens forever? Maybe after a couple of years they'd get a little tired of running the country and living in non-stop luxury. Maybe they'd get restless, and start looking for adventures. Maybe they'd wish they hadn't.
That's one half of the story. The other half is about a minor character from The Magicians named Julia. Julia is like Quentin's shadow: she takes the exam for Brakebills, but she doesn't pass, she fails.
But now that she knows that magic is real, Julia will stop at nothing to become a magician, and if Brakebills won't teach her, she'll find another way. She sets out on a dark, twisted path through a seedy magical underworld, where she will find her education, but it will cost her more than she ever imagined.
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Book 2: The Magician King
General FictionThe Magician King is the sequel to The Magicians and picks up the story two years later. Quentin and his friends are the kings and queens of Fillory, but their life of luxury isn’t the paradise it appears to be. The days and nights of royal leisure...
