--- title: Lev Grossman of The Magicians to Publish Post-Camelot Book description: Lev Grossman's next book will be set after the collapse of Camelot, following the knights in a post-Arthurian era. canonical: https://time.com/4511748/lev-grossman-the-bright-sword/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T17:01:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:53:25.782Z article:section: Ideas og:title: 'The Magicians' Author Lev Grossman to Publish Book Set in Post-Camelot Era og:description: 'The Bright Sword' does not yet have a release date og:url: https://time.com/4511748/lev-grossman-the-bright-sword/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5b7e307e43102f1/6988a7eefb4eac4cf288f4c1/lev-grossman.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Comic-Con International: San Diego - 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'The Magicians' Author Lev Grossman to Publish Book Set in Post-Camelot Era twitter:description: 'The Bright Sword' does not yet have a release date twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5b7e307e43102f1/6988a7eefb4eac4cf288f4c1/lev-grossman.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Magicians_ Author Lev Grossman to Publish Book Set in Post-Camelot Era by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 28, 2016 5:01 PM UTC  "The Magicians Panel" -- Pictured: Author Lev Grossman -- "The Magicians Panel" -- Pictured: Author Lev Grossman --Evans Vestal Ward/Syfy—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 28, 2016 5:01 PM UTC Author [Lev Grossman’s](http://time.com/4505735/lev-grossman-warp/) next [book](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-magicians-author-writing-novel-set-in-post-camelot-era/2016/09/28/c90aa3da-8577-11e6-b57d-dd49277af02f%5Fstory.html) will be set after the collapse of Camelot, following the knights in a post-Arthurian era. Grossman, the book critic and lead technology writer for TIME, achieved best-seller status with his trilogy [_The Magicians_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0452296293/?tag=timecom-20)_,_ [_The Magician King_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0452298016/?tag=timecom-20)and [_The Magician’s Land_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0147516145/?tag=timecom-20)_._ The series has been adapted for TV by SyFy, and its second season will air in 2017\. His new novel will be titled _The Bright Sword._ Grossman told the Associated Press the new book’s historical setting is a “strangely powerful lens” for examining “the way we live now.” His publisher, Viking, has not yet announced a release date for _The Bright Sword._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4511748/lev-grossman-the-bright-sword/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4511748/lev-grossman-the-bright-sword/"},"headline":"The Magicians Author Lev Grossman to Publish Book Set in Post-Camelot Era","datePublished":"2016-09-28T17:01:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:53:25.782Z","description":"The Bright Sword does not yet have a release date","url":"https://time.com/4511748/lev-grossman-the-bright-sword/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5b7e307e43102f1/6988a7eefb4eac4cf288f4c1/lev-grossman.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5b7e307e43102f1/6988a7eefb4eac4cf288f4c1/lev-grossman.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Comic-Con International: San Diego - 2016","caption":"Comic-Con International: San Diego - 2016","creditText":"Evans Vestal Ward/Syfy—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4511748/lev-grossman-the-bright-sword/","name":"The Magicians Author Lev Grossman to Publish Book Set in Post-Camelot Era"}}]}] ```