Scenes From 'The War On Magic'

'A promising and inventive writer.' Jim Crace

Phansylvania is a land we don't know exists - a secret we keep from ourselves. Can half a diary, a set of biographical histories and five literary reviews illuminate a nation on the brink of change and revelation? Can maps tell character? Can portraits tell lives? Can lives contain worlds within? In Phansylvania perhaps they can...
Cobb Darageus begins his studies at Lothangar's Academy of Phantasy at a crucial moment in history, a moment when the fanciful and rarefied world of the ruling Phantasist class and the grim reality of Phansylvania's common folk are about to collide - with fateful consequences for all.