It’s been a while, so here’s an update about how things are going with the German release of the Inheritance of Magic series!
Book 1 (An Inheritance of Magic) and Book 2 (An Instruction in Shadow) are now ready to go and should be released in their German translations this year. As with the Alex Verus series, they’re getting new titles for their German versions. Here’s a look at the front covers:
As usual, they should be released in paper, ebook, and audio formats.
Current plans are for Book 1 to release in March 2025, and Book 2 in October 2025. Blanvalet are intending to continue the translation, so Book 3 should follow on fairly shortly afterwards.
For my German readers, the only bit of bad news about all this is that the release schedule is going to slow down from this point onwards. If you’ve been reading my books in their German translation, you’ve had a while now to get used to a 6-month release interval from book to book. Sadly, the only reason this has been possible is because my German publishers have been working their way through my back catalogue of all the books I published between 2012 and 2024. As of this year, they’ll have finally caught up, meaning that from now on, you’ll be getting new books at the same rate as my English readers (about one a year). They’ll still keep coming out, just not quite as fast as before!
Next week will be the first of a pair of articles on Motion sigls. After that, I should hopefully have started Book 4!
Thanks for the update on the German Edition, very pleased that Inheritance is now multi-language as it will further ensure that we get the whole series published (when written). I also very much like the covers, and am glad that Hobbes is getting the publicity that he so richly deserves!
BTW: how are your ‘kittens’ doing? Any chance of photos?
I love the cat!
Great covers! Would absolutely read if I saw those covers in a bookstore cause CAT! 🙂
So… are these the right translations? And is House Ashford the series’ name there or part of the title? Love the placement of your name too 🙂
1) House Ashford Magical Heritage
2) House Ashford Magic Obliges
Thanks for these awesome news! Last year I read all of the Alex Verus books in German and I loved them. I am absolutely buying the books of Inheritance of Magic in German.❤️
Very much enjoyed the first two books! Looking forward to books three and four! Stephen’s story is pretty refreshing given the stuff I’ve been sifting through a lot on audible lately, I’m very much looking forward to what comes next!