Quentin, a bored high school senior from New York, has a unique opportunity to take a test at the closed Brakebills School of Wizardry. Having completed the test brilliantly, Quentin happily leaves the familiar world in order to become a wizard with a capital W. Together with two brilliant teenagers from their stream: modest Alice and rebel punk Penny, they will make an amazing discovery that can change the entire magical community. The temptation to fulfill a childhood dream is great, as is the danger of the new world, because even the famous Brakebills could not prepare them for what awaits them ahead.