Excited for this 5-book series debut. Notes to self: Black has written Doll Bones and Clare, the Mortal Instruments series. Callum's father Alistair has sworn off magic and told him to fail the Iron Trial, the test that will get him into the Magisterium, a subterranean school of magic. But his heritage prevails and he gets in and is apprenticed to Master Rufus. At school, he befriends Aaron and Tamara. Certain twists take this away from the Harry Potter track it appears to be on, but Harry Potter fans will want to be on this train.