Author Archives: Benedict

A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #39: Corporations (III)

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Benedict

A brief overview of drucraft corporations that supply the US military.  While the continental USA has strong essentia resources, the US military’s demand for sigls is enormous, and US defence contractors have to go outside North America to meet its … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #38: Corporations (II)

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Benedict

A brief overview of non-military U.S. corporations that trade in the UK. Atlantic A corporation based in New York.  Unlike most drucraft companies, they do not have a shaping department at all and their business is entirely financial.  They buy … Continue reading →

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An Instruction in Shadow – UK Paperback Release

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Benedict

An Instruction in Shadow is now available in the UK in paperback!  For those of you wondering, yes, the book’s been out for most of a year already – it was released in October 2024 – but the UK edition … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #37: Corporations (I)

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Benedict

A brief overview of some of the more important drucraft corporations currently active within the UK.  This section will cover British companies. Cambridge Group a.k.a. Camlink Camlink is the only British corporation (and one of the only corporations in the world) … Continue reading →

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Busy

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Benedict

Focusing on Inheritance of Magic #4.  Making much better progress but it means I don’t have much time for worldbuilding articles.  I’ll try to get the first part of the Corporations series up for next week.

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Alex Verus in Arabic

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Benedict

This has been in the pipeline for a while, but I think it’s now far enough along that it’s safe to announce it:  Alex Verus books 1 & 2, Fated and Cursed, are getting an Arabic translation!  I think we’re … Continue reading →

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A Judgement of Powers – US Cover Reveal

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Benedict

Here’s the US cover for the third book in my Inheritance of Magic series, A Judgement of Powers!  Release date is unchanged:  November 4th, 2025. As usual, I’ll release the first couple of chapters in the months leading up to … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #36: Essentia Capacity In Practice

Posted on May 9, 2025 by Benedict

The previous entry discussed the theory of essentia capacity;  what it is and what it means.  This entry will focus more on how it works in practice. When Essentia Capacity Matters . . . A higher essentia capacity allows a … Continue reading →

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Essentia and Corporations

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Benedict

Not much news this week.  Inheritance of Magic #4 is going slowly, but at least it’s going. Next week will be the last of the Essentia Capacity world-building articles, after which I’m planning to move onto another mini-series on Corporations.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #35: Introduction to Essentia Capacity

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Benedict

As all novices know, a drucrafter can’t control any bit of random essentia floating around in the air.  They can only control their personal essentia;  essentia that has taken on the psychic imprint of their mind and body. All living … Continue reading →

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