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Quentin Coldwater, a clinically depressed yet brilliant young man, discovers that magic is real when he's recruited to Brakebills University. His childhood obsession with the fantasy world of Fillory becomes complicated when he learns it actually exists, thrusting him into dangerous magical adventures while he struggles with his own demons and searches for meaning in a world where magic isn't the solution he always thought it would be.

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