Year of the Griffin (Derkholm Series #2)

It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran is charge if the Wizard's University. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students' families—for surely they must all come from wealth, important families--and obtaining money for the University (…