Author Archives: Benedict

Reddit AMA Next Week (22nd October)

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Benedict

An Instruction in Shadow is now out – hope you guys are enjoying it! My AMA on r/fantasy will start four days from now, on Tuesday 22nd October, 12 noon GMT.  I’ll put up a post and a link when … Continue reading →

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An Instruction in Shadow – UK release today!

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Benedict

An Instruction in Shadow gets its UK and worldwide release today! As mentioned in the previous post, I think the Kindle/ebook versions came out a couple of days ago, so some of you will have received your copies already.  But … Continue reading →

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An Instruction in Shadow – US release today!

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Benedict

Book 2 in the Inheritance of Magic series, An Instruction in Shadow, releases in US/Canada today! Amazon link is here.  As usual, it’s available in paper, ebook, and audio formats.  This one’s been a long time in the pipeline – … Continue reading →

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An Instruction in Shadow Release Week

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Benedict

Well, it’s been a long time, but we’re finally almost there!  Here’s the timeline for the coming week: October 15th:  An Instruction in Shadow releases in the US & Canada in paper, ebook, and audio formats. October 17th:  An Instruction … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #23: Light Sigls (I)

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Benedict

An overview of some of the most common Light sigls.  Light sigls are almost always spherical, and their colour varies from light blue to dark blue. Torch/Torchlight Sub-branch:  Projection Type:  Continuous/Triggered Appearance:  Pale blue, opaque Rank:  D The most basic … Continue reading →

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A Guide to Against the Storm

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Benedict

Something a little different for this week! So, something you may or may not know is that before the Alex Verus series, I used to write a fair amount of material relating to computer and role-playing games.  Sometimes this took … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #22: Light Essentia

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Benedict

Light is the first and most widely studied of the branches of drucraft, and is generally considered the easiest to learn.  New drucrafters are often given weak Light sigls to practise on, and a basic ‘torch’ Light projection sigl is … Continue reading →

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An Instruction in Shadow – Chapter 2 Online

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Benedict

Chapter 2 of the second book in the Inheritance of Magic series, An Instruction in Shadow, is now online!  You can read it here. This will be the last extract for An Instruction in Shadow.  The full novel will release … Continue reading →

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Reddit AMA October 22nd

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Benedict

Just a quick post to note that after An Instruction in Shadow is released, I’ll be doing my usual Reddit Ask Me Anything on r/fantasy.  It’ll be one week after the publication on October 15th, so hopefully that’ll give people … Continue reading →

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Plans for September

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Benedict

Book #3 is finally done, just in time for the end of the summer!  Now that I’ve had a week or so to take a break, here’s what’s coming up this September. First job on my to-do list is editing … Continue reading →

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