The Iron Trial (Magisterium, #1)

Callum Hunt is a boy that is a suitable target for bullies. With a withered leg and a defeatist attitude he is easy to overlook and dismiss. He is however a mage (magician) and comes from a long list of Mage's. Losing his mother as an infant he lives with his father who tries to protect him from going to the esteemed ‘Magisterium'.

Magisterium

is the Magic High School where you need to sit Magic exams to enter and be the best of the best to be taken as an apprentice to the Magician masters. Call is instructed by his father to fail at all costs. Despite his best efforts he fails at failing and enters the school. Determined to hate it…he finds that he actually loves it and finally finds friends. However there are questions that plague him. Why did his Dad want him to fail? Why did his Dad tell him that he is not what he thinks he is? What is it that makes everyone think he is so different and potentially dangerous?