The last book in the Alex Verus series was released at the end of 2021. Since then I’ve been working on a new urban fantasy series, titled An Inheritance of Magic. The first book was released in October 2023 and the second in October 2024. I’m aiming to keep up a similar one-a-year schedule until the series is finished, which I expect will happen somewhere around 2034, give or take a couple of years.
The books are listed at the bottom of the page, so if you just want to see the ones currently in print, scroll down. Otherwise, read on!
Introduction
The world of Inheritance of Magic is one where magic – drucraft – is the preserve of the rich and powerful. Although drucraft can be learned by anyone, its use is dominated by aristocratic families and wealthy corporations.
Stephen Oakwood is a young man on the edge of this hidden world. He’s a talented drucrafter, but effectively using drucraft requires training and a lot of money, while all Stephen has is a minimum-wage job and a cat. But events are in motion behind the scenes, and as the story opens Stephen’s quiet life is about to be transformed into something far more eventful and dangerous.
Comparison to Alex Verus
For those of you who’ve read the Alex Verus series and are curious about how Inheritance of Magic compares, I’ve written a short guide to the similarities and differences.
Extracts
As usual, I’ve been releasing the first two chapters of each Inheritance of Magic book a month or two before publication. You can read the collected extracts here.
A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft
For the Alex Verus books, I wrote a series of background worldbuilding articles called the Encyclopaedia Arcana. For the Inheritance of Magic series, I’m doing something similar, titles A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft. As of 2024 there are 25 articles written, with many more planned.
Books Currently Published
Here’s a list of all the books in the series that have been published so far, along with links to where you can buy them. The English editions are all available in paper and ebook format, and there’s also an audio edition, narrated by Will Watt.
An Inheritance of Magic (2023)
An Instruction in Shadow (2024)
