Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin

Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (2005) is the third book in the Ologies series, created and published by The Templar Publishing Company in the UK, and published by Candlewick Press in North America. The book is marketed as having been written by the mythical wizard Merlin, having been originally discovered in the year 1588 and now being revealed to the world for the first time.

Wizardology is filled with useful spells and magical information. Readers can unveil novelty elements throughout; there are numerous pockets, flaps, secret codes, and scavenger hunts hidden throughout the book.

The author is Dugald Steer, while the book was designed by Nghiem Ta, and features the artwork of Helen Ward, Tomislav Tomic, John Howe, and Anne Yvonne Gilbert.

Plot
History's most respected wizard, Merlin, describes the skills, techniques, and equipment of wizards around the globe, explains their characteristic use of spells, familiars, and potions, and offers other information and advice for apprentices. For any apprentice determined to learn the arcane arts of wizardry, there could be no better teacher than Master Merlin himself; aspiring wizards can tune in to his age-old wisdom with this compendium of all things magical. The book's intricate design also conceals a series of hidden symbols that spell out a secret message when their code is deciphered, if the reader is clever enough to find them.

Contents

 * Chapter I: The Work of a Wizard
 * Chapter II: A Wizard's Map of the World
 * Chapter III: The Master Wizard's Workshop
 * Chapter IV: A Wizard's Robes & Tools
 * Chapter V: Spellcraft
 * Chapter VI: A Wizard's Loyal Familiars
 * Chapter VII: A Wizard's Menagerie of Magical Beasts
 * Chapter VIII: Magical Flight & Flying Carpets
 * Chapter IX: Potions, Healing & Magical Transformations
 * Chapter X: Amulets, Talismans & Magical Items
 * Chapter XI: Divination & Crystal Gazing
 * Chapter XII: Alchemy, Astronomy & the New Sciences
 * Chapter XIII: Famous Wizards of History
 * Conclusion, or The Mystery of Wizardology Revealed and Concealed

Awards and honors

 * 2006: shortlisted for British Children's Book of the Year

Video games
In October 2007, Codemasters announced a licensing agreement to create video games for the Wii and Nintendo DS based on Wizardology, as well as Dragonology and Pirateology. Nik Nak was to develop the Wii titles.

Planned film adaptations
On January 31, 2018, Paramount Pictures announced they were in the process of developing a film franchise centered around all of the Ologies books, by setting up a writers' room currently consisting of Jeff Pinkner, Michael Chabon, Lindsey Beer, Joe Robert Cole, Nicole Perlman and Christina Hodson. The vision for the franchise is the hope that each of the writers will embrace the books by working with visual artists to create treatments which will eventually evolve into seven movie scripts with interconnected stories. Paramount also announced that Akiva Goldsman will act as overseer and producer of the franchise.