Mit Die magische Insel schließt Stan Nicholls seine atemberaubende Trilogie um die Gefährten des magischen Bundes ab. Und stellt – nach seinem Bestseller Die Orks – damit endgültig unter Beweis, dass er seinen Platz in der Riege der Stars der modernen Fantasy mehr als verdient: Wie Robert Jordan oder George R. R. Martin gelingt es ihm, auf Tolkiens Spuren ein Millionenpublikum in seinen Bann zu schlagen.

A boy destined to lead his clan; a girl raised by wolves; a stranger with a sealed box. These are the elements of this powerful novel, set on a rocky northern coast in a distant time, in a small community who live in dread of the coming of the legendary warrior tribe, the Dark Horse.

The art of the magician has been banned in Thrandor for 200 years, and has become a byword for myth and legend, or so a young teenager called Calvyn thinks. Unbeknown to him, a magical talisman has been recovered, and the whole of Thrandor stands blissfully unaware that disaster is poised to strike.

Ivarr had been sold to the witch Birna. But now Birna was dead, slain by the evil sorcerer Lorimer. Ivarr was stranded in the land of the elves. His only chance to return to his own realm was to become a hero for group of outcast, incompetent elves and a wizard of doubtful qualifications. As he discovered, being a hero was a little difficult. First he had to seek out a magic sword concealed somewhere in the land of the fire giants. Then, to seize a horde of gold, he must somehow find and...