Quentin Coldwater is a graduate and has difficulty projecting himself into his future, leaving aside the magic he has been passionate about since his early childhood. To his surprise, the young man is admitted to Brakebills, a secret school that trains future magicians. There he met Alice, Penny, Margo and Eliot, with whom he had relationships that were sometimes complicit and often conflicting. Together, they will have to face great dangers, evil forces from unsuspected regions. Meanwhile, Julia, Quentin's best friend, who failed the Brakebills admission test, follows her own path. An obscure and dangerous path that could lead to its loss ...