Shadowland

First setting: an all-male prep school in Arizona, where two sensitive freshmen form a bond based on their interest in magic tricks. Second setting: the labyrinthine house of a weird magician uncle in New England, where the two boys spend a memorable summer being trained in the art of illusion. Or is it real magic? Third setting: an alternate world where dark forces are at play-forces that first show up at the school, but intensify their power by summer. Copyright 1980 by Peter Straub. Published by Berkley Publishing Group.