Guy is a television editor with problems. His boyfriend Tommy has just broken up with him and moved out. He's under pressure to deliver his latest episode, but the climactic scene just isn't working. And time is running out.
Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.
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