With the Sigl Recycling series done and March coming to a close, here’s some general news.
An Inheritance of Magic has had its German language release as of last week. There’s some good news about its sales numbers which I’m not allowed to share until they’re released officially on Monday, so I’ll save the details on this one for next week!
Unfortunately, Book #4 is going slower than I’d hoped. I’ve had some family matters to take care of, and they’ve ended up taking up quite a lot of the early parts of this year. My writing’s largely a one-man operation – the job involves both writing, rewriting, and editing, along with marketing- and business-related tasks, as well as maintaining and doing the posts for this website, and while I do get some help from my publishers and beta readers, the majority of the work is stuff that can’t really be delegated. In general I’m fine with this, but it does mean that if I get called away, there isn’t anyone I can hand things off to while I’m gone. So when something urgent happens and I have to spend a few weeks dealing with it (as I had to this March) everything pretty much grinds to a halt. As a result, Book #4 is currently sitting at around 25,000 words, which, while it isn’t nothing, is quite a way behind where I need it to be if I want to make that end-of-summer deadline I set myself. I’ll do my best to catch up, but I’m not sure how good my chances are.
Anyway, the good news from the point of view of you guys is that none of this is going to affect the release of book #3, A Judgement of Powers – all the work for that was completed a while ago and it’s lined up for its release on November 4th, 2025.
Next week’s post, as mentioned, is going to be on the German release of Inheritance of Magic. After that we’re back into worldbuilding articles – the first will be a general one on measurements of strength in drucraft (skill, capacity, affinities) followed by a couple of articles on one of the topics you guys voted on earlier in the year, Essentia Capacity.
Hope the writing goes on well.
I instantly bought the German version of Inharitance of Magic 1 and it was great. I read the thing in a couple of days and I am thrilled for book 2 in German.❤️
Very sorry to hear that book four is delayed but family do come first and, as you say, focus is on Book#3 at the moment. I hope that you are able to straighten things out quickly and get back into the routine again.
I am looking forward to the world-building articles, although I have to admit that Judgement of Powers is even more eagerly anticipated!
Good Luck!
I have just found the Inheritance of magic audio books after finishing the Alex Verus series (which I loved) I am on chapter 10 of book 1 and I am thrilled so far…..can not wait to see what is to come.
I hope your family are well.
Congrats on good news in Germany, and I hope everything’s OK now.
Hey,
i just finished Book 2 and pre-ordered Book 3.
I love the first two books, but i didn’t expect something else, because i loved the Alex Verus series so much, that i didn’t wait for the german translation of the last two books. Instead i bought the english versions and improved my english skills while reading. That went better than i thought, so i decided to buy the english versions of the inheritance of magic series instead of waiting for the translations. I’ve never regret that decision.
Sorry to hear about your family related problems, hope that they will resolve asap. Take all the time you need, it’s completely understandable to prioritise the family. I’m waiting with patience and i am sure, that your other fans feel that way too. Best regards from Germany 🙂