
He hides the baby in his cloak and continues his trek home. Since Silas already has six children and a new one born just that day, he finds that another will do no harm and that his wife, Sarah Heap, will not disagree. As he is walking, he feels a heartbeat in the snow, through Magykal means, and finds that a newborn baby girl with violet eyes has seemingly been abandoned in the snow. The book begins with Silas Heap, father of the eponymous protagonist of the series, returning home through the winter snow. A moat was built to prevent witches and wolverines from a nearby forest from attacking the inhabitants. It also takes place in a castle simply known as "The Castle", which started as a small village inside the curve of a river. The story's setting is mainly centred on the Marram Marshes, which is where Aunt Zelda lives.

The cover also depicts Septimus's Dragon Ring, rendered as if it were sitting atop the diary. The book cover of Magyk alludes to the diary that the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Marcia makes for her apprentice, Septimus Heap. The sequel, Flyte was released in March 2006, Physik in March 2007, Queste in 2008, Syren in September 2009, Darke in July 2011, and Fyre in 2013. It is the first book in the seven-book Septimus Heap series. Magyk (an archaic spelling of "Magic") is a fantasy novel written by English author Angie Sage.
