Depuis qu'il est tout petit, Callum Hunt, 12 ans, connaît trois règles par coeur : ne jamais faire confiance à un magicien; ne jamais réussir une épreuve soumise par un magicien; ne jamais suivre un magicien au Magisterium. Callum va enfreindre toutes ces règles et sa vie changera comme jamais il n'aurait pu l'imaginer.
La plupart des jeunes feraient tout en leur pouvoir pour réussir l'épreuve de fer, mais pas Callum Hunt. Callum veut échouer. Son père lui a appris que la magie n'augurait rien de bon et qu'il valait mieux s'en éloigner. Or Callum ne réussira pas à rater le test et se retrouvera au Magisterium, un endroit à la fois sinistre et sensationnel, où le passé et l'avenir s'entremêlent d'une étrange façon. L'épreuve de fer n'est que la première d'une série d'épreuves beaucoup plus intenses.
Twelve-year-old Callum Hunt has grown up knowing three rules by heart. Never trust a magician. Never pass a test a magician gives you. And never let a magician take you to the Magisterium.
Call is about to break all the rules. And when he does, his life will change in ways he can't possibly imagine. 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 heartstopping, mind-blowing, pulse-pounding plunge into the magical unknown.
Original title:Magisterium: The Iron Trial
Cassandra Clare est une auteure à succès du New York Times, de USA Today, du Wall Street Journal et de Publishers Weekly pour sa série La cité des ténèbres. Ses livres ont été traduits dans plus de 35 langues. Cassandra vit au Massachussetts.
Holly Black est l'auteure de nombreux livres fantastiques pour les jeunes. Elle a remporté le prix Andre Norton pour son roman Vaillant et a été finaliste pour le prix Mythopoeic et le prix Eisner. Holly vit au Massachusetts.
Cassandra Clare is the author of City of Bones, the first book in The Mortal Instrument trilogy and a New York Times bestseller. Her latest series, The Infernal Devices, has spawned three #1 bestsellers. Born overseas, Cassandra spent her early years traveling around the world with her family and several trunks of books.
Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles, the Modern Faerie Tale series, the Good Neighbors graphic novel trilogy (Scholastic) and the Curse Workers series. Holly is the winner of the Andre Norton Award for her novel Valiant, and has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, a finalist for an Eisner Award. She lives in western Massachusetts.