An ancient evil is murdering the Mages. And she might be the next to die... In the magical boroughs of New York City-filled with supernatural races like the Vamps, shifters, Fae, and djinn-evil lurks, waiting for its chance to kill again. Things are bad for Aspen Rivest, the newest-unwanted-Mage of New York. The Council of Mages is in shambles, Lucien's confession has left her wondering if she can trust anyone, and Isak, the boy she cares about, is nowhere to be found. Now she's running out of time. Maladias' servants, the Kings, have made it to Earth, tasked with a single purpose: Kill all the Mages and make way for their master's return. With Isak gone, it'll take all of Aspen's newfound power, cunning, and bravery to bring him back and find the Kings...before they find her. The stakes are raised even higher in Mage's Trial, the second book in this action-packed young adult urban fantasy trilogy. Full of magic, mystery, breathtaking twists, and romance, these are urban fantasies you won't want to put down! Book One: Mage's Apprentice Book Two: Mage's Trial Book Three: Mage's End

Anya is at the top of her class and the best air mage the Academy has had in ages, but can she save a village from a cyclone? It’s the most difficult trial yet, and it’s your job to help. Will you tell her to figure out the right spells on her own, or work with other students? Who should she recruit when the storm draws near, lighting is crashing all around, and cyclones are tearing up the land? Her goal is to save the village, but little does she know that you’ve got a magical advantage. The test proctors will let you try the test four times with the help of a time portal. You’ve got four chances to guide Anya to save the village. You hope for success, but you must learn when you fail. Because learning is what these trials are all about. Make the best choices you can!

Reyna thought her mage trial would be a simple test, but there’s a forest fire raging and the Mage Academy needs her to put it out. You are her dragonlet familiar, and she needs your help. Will you tell her to get other student mages to join in, or have her take on the fire alone? The proctors have a time portal and will have you do four versions of this test. Why? Because that is how you learn, by trying different things. The fire is Reyna’s test. YOUR test is to learn all the ways she can pass, and how she might fail. That is how you can be a good guide to Reyna, and more importantly, to yourself. Because life can be like a test that you take over and over. What matters isn’t how quickly you pass, but how well you learn. Come face the flames with Reyna; she can’t do this without you!

Joel is a powerful water mage, but can he end a drought? That is is his trial, to bring water to a land that is dying without it. You are his dragonlet familiar, and he needs your help. Will you tell him to call down a great rainstorm, or will you suggest he talk to his friend Anya, the air mage, for help? Each trial you face is tougher than the last, and this is your toughest yet. This time, there is more than one way Joel can fail. The proctors will have you do the trial four times; each time you will make different choices and see a different ending. You want Joel to pass the trial, but what the Mage Academy wants is for you to learn. Which choices are the best choices and why? Come find the best way to help Joel, so that he can save a dying land!

From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a riveting new series that defies what you think you know about the world of magic. Most kids would do anything to pass the Iron Trial. Not Callum Hunt. He wants to fail. All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he succeeds at the Iron Trial and is admitted into the Magisterium, he is sure it can only mean bad things for him. So he tries his best to do his worst - and fails at failing. Now the Magisterium awaits him. It's a place that's both sensational and sinister, with dark ties to his past and a twisty path to his future. The Iron Trial is just the beginning, for the biggest test is still to come . . . From the remarkable imaginations of bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a heart-stopping, mind-blowing, pulse-pounding plunge into the magical unknown.

The fantasy field has been waiting for this for years: Terry McGarrys first novel. Formerly the Vice President of the Science Fiction Writers of America, a longtime copyeditor for all the major publishers, and the author of a number of well-received short stories, McGarry is extremely well known throughout the genre. And now, with talent, insight, and skill rarely seen today, McGarry has crafted a fantasy adventure of the first rank; a wonderful, gripping adventure. Liath was proud to have passed her challenge and become a true mage, ready to journey the land and find a Triad to bond with as an Illuminator. But that very night, her light fails her: she can no longer see the magical illumination guiders, and thus, despite the mages badge upon her breast, can no longer call herself Illuminator. Liath travels to the city and petitions the Ennead, the senior mages of the land, for help and a cure. Before they will help her, they set a task for her to fulfill: she must find and capture the rogue Dark Mage, and bring him to the Ennead for justice; only then will her light be freed. So goes Liath on the most important journey of her life, for the future of the world rests on her success or failure--but which one? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.