Lev Grossman

When gifted young knight Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place on the Round Table, he quickly discovers that he’s too late: the king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left. The survivors aren’t the heroes of legend either, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. It’s up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods are returning, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again. But first they’ll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell. The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women who are looking for a way to fight darkness and reforge a broken landWhen gifted young knight Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place on the Round Table, he quickly discovers that he’s too late: the king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left. The survivors aren’t the heroes of legend either, like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. It’s up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods are returning, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again. But first they’ll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell. The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is a story about imperfect men and women who are looking for a way to fight darkness and reforge a broken land

Egy Collum nevű, tehetséges ifjú lovag érkezik Camelotba, hogy felvételt nyerjen a Kerekasztal tagjai közé, de már elkésett: Arthur király két héttel korábban elesett a camlanni csatában, és csupán maroknyi lovag maradt életben. A túlélők azonban nem legendás hősök, mint Lancelot vagy Gawain, hanem a Kerekasztal különcei, köztük Sir Palomides, a szaracén, és Sir Dagonet, Arthur udvari bolondja, akit csak tréfából ütöttek lovaggá. Mellettük pedig csak Nimue áll, Merlin egykori tanítványa, aki elárulta és egy domb alá zárta mesterét. Rájuk hárul a feladat, hogy újjáépítsék Camelotot ebben a kibillent világban: bár a kereszténység Istene magára hagyta Britanniát, Morgan le Fay vezetésével visszatértek a királyságba a tündérek és a régi istenségek. A lovagoknak fel kell kutatniuk az Excaliburt, hogy a romokban heverő ország ismét egyesülhessen, ám előtte még meg kell fejteniük, hogyan bukhatott el a magányos és nagyszerű Arthur király. A fényes kard az új évezred első nagy arthuri eposza, a hagyományokhoz hűen tele párbajokkal és kalandokkal, csatákkal és lovagi tornákkal, varázskardokkal és halászkirályokkal. Ugyanakkor esendő és mégis erős férfiak és nők története, akik annak ellenére próbálják meggyógyítani széttört világukat, hogy őket magukat is megtörte az élet.

Egy Collum nevű, tehetséges ifjú lovag érkezik Camelotba, hogy felvételt nyerjen a Kerekasztal tagjai közé, de már elkésett: Arthur király két héttel korábban elesett a camlanni csatában, és csupán maroknyi lovag maradt életben.A túlélők azonban nem legendás hősök, mint Lancelot vagy Gawain, hanem a Kerekasztal különcei, köztük Sir Palomides, a szaracén, és Sir Dagonet, Arthur udvari bolondja, akit csak tréfából ütöttek lovaggá. Mellettük pedig csak Nimue áll, Merlin egykori tanítványa, aki elárulta és egy domb alá zárta mesterét.Rájuk hárul a feladat, hogy újjáépítsék Camelotot ebben a kibillent világban: bár a kereszténység Istene magára hagyta Britanniát, Morgan le Fay vezetésével visszatértek a királyságba a tündérek és a régi istenségek. A lovagoknak fel kell kutatniuk az Excaliburt, hogy a romokban heverő ország ismét egyesülhessen, ám előtte még meg kell fejteniük, hogyan bukhatott el a magányos és nagyszerű Arthur király.A fényes kard az új évezred első nagy arthuri eposza, a hagyományokhoz hűen tele párbajokkal és kalandokkal, csatákkal és lovagi tornákkal, varázskardokkal és halászkirályokkal. Ugyanakkor esendő és mégis erős férfiak és nők története, akik annak ellenére próbálják meggyógyítani széttört világukat, hogy őket magukat is megtörte az élet.

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place at the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. King Arthur died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left. The survivors aren’t the heroes of legend like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table, like Sir Palomides, the Saracen Knight, and Sir Dagonet, Arthur’s fool, who was knighted as a joke. They’re joined by Nimue, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. But it's up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods return, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again—but first they'll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely, brilliant King Arthur fell. The first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium, The Bright Sword is steeped in tradition, complete with duels and quests, battles and tournaments, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It's also a story about imperfect men and women, full of strength and pain, trying to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves.

Discover the magical, timeless children's adventure from Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians. Now a New York Times bestseller! When Kate is given a colossal steam train, the Silver Arrow, for her birthday, she can't believe her luck. After eleven years of waiting, adventure has finally found her! Soon the Silver Arrow is whisking Kate and her brother Tom to a magical station where their passengers stand ready to board. From the porcupine to the pangolin, each one is rare and wonderful. But these animals have been waiting a very long time too. Can Kate deliver them home ... before it's too late?

Quentin Coldwater has lost everything. He has been cast out of the secret magical land of Fillory and now, friendless and broke, he returns to where his story began: Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. But Quentin's past soon catches up with him . . . Meanwhile, Fillory's magical barriers are failing, and barbarians from the north have invaded. To save their beloved world from extinction, Eliot and Janet, High King and Queen of Fillory, must embark on a final, dangerous quest. Quentin's adventure takes him from Antarctica to the enchanted Neitherlands, where he finds old friends. But all roads lead back to Fillory, where Quentin must put things right, or die trying. THE FINAL BOOK IN LEV GROSSMAN'S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN TRILOGY

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 morning's 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... The Magician King is a grand voyage into the dark, glittering heart of magic, an extraordinary journey that allows the imagination to run riot and proves Grossman is the modern heir to C.S. Lewis. This is a book like no other.

In a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price... Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton University, he finds his interviewer dead - but a strange envelope bearing Quentin's name leads him down a very different path. Instead of Princeton, he finds himself invited to study at Brakebills - a secret college of modern-day sorcerers. Quentin plunges deep into a secret world of obsession and privilege, a world of freedom and power; and for a while, it seems to answer all Quentin's desires. But the idyll cannot last. There are others powers than sorcery, powers that are as seductive as they are dangerous - and when the illusion of safety shatters, Quentin is drawn into a world far darker than he ever imagined. After all, power corrupts. No exceptions. THE FIRST BOOK IN LEV GROSSMAN'S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN TRILOGY

About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hot-shot young banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. When asked to un-crate and organise a personal library of rare books, Edward's indignation turns to intrigue as he realises that among the volumes there may be hidden a unique medieval codex, a treasure kept sealed away for many years and for many reasons. Edward's intrigue becomes an obsession that only deepens as friends draw him into a peculiar and addictive computer game, as mystifying parallels between the game's virtual reality and the legend of the codex emerge..."A compulsively readable novel" - Iain Pears. "A genuine treat, with its sneaky plot and richly textured storytelling. It also moves so fast that readers won't realize how smart it is" - "San Francisco Chronicle". ""Codex" takes its place on the shelf [with] "The Name of the Rose", "Possession" and "A Case of Curiosities", and it's as entertaining as any of them." - "New York Times".