Marcia defends Jenna, and they all escape the tower through the rubbish chute. But before they are there for an hour, the Assassin arrives to kill Jenna.

Silas, Nicko, and Maxie then come to visit Jenna in the tower. Marcia saves Boy 412, a mysterious boy in the Young Army, outside the Wizard Tower from freezing to death, and takes him with them to her room in the tower. Marcia takes Jenna away to protect her from an Assassin. At which point, Marcia also reveals Jenna as the previous Queen's daughter. The story revolves around the events of the time ten years after this incident, starting when Marcia comes to take Jenna in her to protection to stop her from being assassinated.

Silas names the baby girl Jenna and raises the child and protects her like his own child. Just as he is out to enter his house, the matron midwife runs out carrying his newborn son Septimus Heap (who has been predicted to have extraordinary powers as he is the seventh son of a seventh son) wrapped in cloth and pronouncing him dead. He meets her in an alley way before he gets back and she tells him to keep the baby he found, raise her as his own and if anyone asks, acknowledge her as his daughter. Upon returning to a castle, he learns about the succession of Marcia Overstrand as ExtraOrdinary Wizard. He hides her in his cloak and takes her with him. Just outside the castle Silas finds an infant baby girl with violet eyes, stranded in the snow, and wrapped in a blanket. Here, we find Silas Heap trudging through the snow with some herbal medicines for his wife Sarah Heap. Magyk is the original story of lost and rediscovered identities, rich with humor and heart.The book begins outside of The Castle, in The Ramblings. The first book in this enthralling series by Angie Sage leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters and Magykal charms, potions, and spells. Who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to the Heaps' beloved son Septimus? That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across an abandoned child in the snow-a newborn girl with violet eyes. Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, disappears the night he is born, pronounced dead by the midwife. “Fluent, charismatic storytelling.” -ALA Booklist “Fun, mystery, and rollicking characters.” - VOYA (starred review) “A deliciously spellbinding series opener.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The first book in the internationally bestselling Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, featuring the funny and fantastic adventures of a wizard apprentice and his quest to become an ExtraOrdinary Wizard.

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