<P> The Night Circus is a phantasmagorical fairy tale set near an ahistorical Victorian London in a wandering magical circus that is open only from sunset to sunrise . Le Cirque des Rêves, the Circus of Dreams, features such wonders and "ethereal enigmas" as a blooming garden made all of ice, acrobats soaring without a net, and a vertical cloud maze where patrons who get lost simply step off and float gently to the floor . The circus has no set schedule, appearing without warning and leaving without notice; they travel in a train disguised as an ordinary coal transport . A network of devoted fans styling themselves "rêveurs" ("dreamers") develops around the circus; they identify to each other by adding a splash of red to garb that otherwise matches the characteristic black and white of the circus tents . The magical nature of the circus is occluded under the guise of legerdemain; the illusionist truly transforms her jacket into a raven and the fortune teller truly reads the uncertain future, and both are applauded for their ingenuity . </P> <P> The circus serves a darker purpose beyond entertainment and profit . The magicians Prospero the Enchanter and the enigmatic Mr. A.H--groom their young proteges, Celia Bowen and Marco Alisdair, to proxy their rivalry with the exhibits as a stage . Prospero teaches his daughter to hone her innate talents by holding ever larger and more complex magical workings in her mind . Celia takes her position on the game board as the illusionist who makes true transformations, adding tents and maintaining wondrous aspects from the inside . Mr. A.H--trains his orphan ward with books in the ways of glyphs and sympathetic magic and illusory worlds that exist only in the mind of the beholder . Marco takes a position as an assistant to the producer of the circus; he works from the outside in, connected to the circus via a magical link to the central bonfire, but not a part of it . The two beguile the circus goers and each other with nightly wonders, soon falling in love despite being magically bound to a deadly competition with rules neither understands . </P> <P> As the competition continues, both competitors become strained with no sign of a conclusion in sight, nor inclination of how a winner will be determined . Others within the circus start to notice strange events connected to it: the blueprints disappear from the designers' offices, and the performers appear bound to the circus and can never fail, leave permanently, have accidents, or even age . Two children--Poppet and Widget--born to a performer on opening night, have developed magical powers . The producer of the circus has his memories erased, and one of the initial investors is murdered by Mr. A.H - when they begin to discover the underlying truth . When the building tensions between Prospero and A.H - and the jealousy of Marco's ex-girlfriend spurned for Celia result in an innocent "rêveur" being accidentally stabbed in a circus tent, Celia begins to search for a way to end the game as quickly as possible while preserving the circus and those involved with it . </P> <P> Celia learns from Prospero that the game must continue until one of the participants is unable to go on, which usually means their death . She also learns the circus contortionist, Tsukiko, is not only a magician herself but the winner of a previous contest in which her opponent committed suicide . After Celia and Marco's negotiations with their mentors fail, Tsukiko believes the competition is putting the circus and its members at risk . She plans to magically kill Marco to end the contest, believing him to be less important than Celia because he was not part of the circus . At the last moment, Celia rushes to save him, resulting in both of them being ripped from reality and becoming incorporeal spirits bound to the circus . With its magical keystones removed, the central bonfire goes out and the circus environment begins to break down . Celia and Marco preserve the circus by magically rebinding Poppet, Widget, and their new friend, a keen circusgoer called Bailey, back to the circus, relighting the fire and bringing back the spirit of the circus . </P>

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