Table of Contents
BOOK I
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
BOOK II
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
BOOK III
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
BOOK IV
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
ALSO BY LEV GROSSMAN
VIKING
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Grossman, Lev.
The magician king / Lev Grossman.
p.
cm.ISBN : 978-1-101-53553-0
1. Magic—Fiction. 2. College graduates—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3557. R6725M28 2011
813’. 54—dc22 2011019733
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