Magic, Wizards and Warriors: Discover The Wizard of Once Series by Cressida Cowell

From Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon, comes an exciting high-adventure series—set in an ancient, magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites. Perfect for middle-grade readers aged 9+ who love fantasy and adventure.

This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide.

The series has also been signed by DreamWorks Animation. With Never and Forever, the fourth and final book in the series, out now, we give you the rundown of what the saga is about so you can get reading before it hits the big screen!

The Wizard of Once #1: The Wizard of Once

Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came. Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it. In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they’re going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort, where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring…

The Wizards of Once #2: Twice Magic

This was once the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who had been taught since birth to hate each other like poison. But now, the boy Wizard and girl Warrior have been brought together in the Badwoods and they have witnessed the shocking consequences of the Stone That Takes Away Magic. They will need to cast aside their differences once more—for an Evil Spell has broken free. It’s up to Xar and Wish to find the ingredients. But it means entering the Druids Castle unannounced.

The Wizard of Once #3: Knock Three Times

Wish and Xar are now outlaws on the run, hunted by Warriors, Wizards and worst of all, by WITCHES! Can they find the ingredients for the Spell to Get Rid of Witches before the Kingwitch gets his talons on Magic-that-Works-on-Iron? Their next quest is the most terrifying and treacherous of all… and someone is going to betray them. Are you ready to knock three times?

The Wizard of Once #4: Never and Forever

Can Xar and Wish unite their worlds in time to save the Wildwoods? Will it be Never… or Forever? This is the final book in the magical The Wizards of Once series. Xar and Wish have found the ingredients for the Spell-to-get-rid-of-Witches. Now the Kingwitch is calling them to the lake of the lost. But first they must mix the potion in the Cup of Second Chances. Can they defeat the hungry Tatzelwerm monster and escape with the cup? And will the spell be strong enough to lift the Curse of the Wildwoods… or will Witches reign forever?