Benedict Jacka

Author of the Alex Verus series (2012-2021) and the Inheritance of Magic series (2023–).

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First draft of Inheritance of Magic #5 is one-third done – at this rate it might even finish around the end of summer! In the meantime, today I'm starting a new mini-series of worldbuilding articles on the fourth of the drucraft branches, Life. https://t.co/IsINbjW7ED

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A brief end-of-winter update today on my blog. Short version: Inheritance #5 is going well, Inheritance #4's edits are still pending, and I'm planning to do some Life worldbuilding articles come March. On the whole, things are good! https://t.co/P5xoaER984

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A very well-thought-out review of Book #2 in the Inheritance of Magic series, An Instruction in Shadow: https://t.co/FCgdH34SG0

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My hope is that I'll be able to do edits on book #4 and the first draft of book #5 in parallel. If I can, it'll make the process of writing book #5 much faster. More detailed explanation here: https://t.co/z9yANzZf9b. Fingers crossed!

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Now that A Judgement of Powers (Inheritance of Magic #3) has been out for a few months, it seems like a good time for an update on what'll be happening with the series in 2026. Short version: book #4 is with my publishers, and I've started work on book #5.

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Reddit AMA is done! Thanks to all who came. I'll answer a last few questions over the next few hours then wind things down.

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My Reddit Ask Me Anything for the release of A Judgement of Powers is live! You can ask me questions (and read my answers) here: https://t.co/vrQe6BmfZU . I'll be answering questions for 24 hours starting now.

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My Reddit AMA will be tomorrow, 24 hours from now. I'll be answering questions from noon GMT on Thursday to noon GMT on Friday. Hope to see some of you there!

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This time the UK and US releases have the same date, so by the time you read this, it should be available wherever you are. As usual, it's being released in paper, ebook, and audio editions simultaneously.

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Book #3 in the Inheritance of Magic series, A Judgement of Powers, releases today!

Hope you all like this one. Writing it took me a long time!

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Link is here: https://t.co/aHYjTHTUwA . This will be the last extract I'll be releasing - to read the rest you'll have to wait for the book's publication next month!

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Chapter 2 of book #3 in my Inheritance of Magic series, A Judgement of Powers, is up on my website! Full release will be next month, on November 4th.

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You can read it here: https://t.co/Tt5AKQf2FP

Chapter 2 will go up on October 10th, and the book itself will be released on November 4th.

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We're now 2 months away from the release of the third book in the Inheritance of Magic series, A Judgement of Powers. So, as is tradition, I'm putting the first chapter online on my website!

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Those of you who've read book #2 may remember that there's a coded letter right at the very end. A few of you have solved it already, but for those interested, here's Stephen's decoded (and annotated) version: https://t.co/bClgKb4pY7

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Inheritance of Magic #3 (A Judgement of Powers) is releasing in about 2 and a half months! As usual, I'm going to post the first couple of chapters on my website, but for today, I'm putting up something a little different: the letter Stephen found at the end of book #2.

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@a_klofat There are two books out so far, An Inheritance of Magic (#1) and An Instruction in Shadow (#2). Book #3 is coming out this autumn. The book I'm currently busy with is the one AFTER that, book #4. When I talk about what I'm working on right now, that's the one I mean!

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First half of Inheritance of Magic #4 is finally done! The manuscript's currently at 50,000 words, so I'm taking a couple of days to write a few worldbuilding articles before starting on the second half.

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These articles will be a mini-series on drucraft corporations. The first part is on UK corps, and is up now: https://t.co/QKclJyzp6J . US corporations will be parts 2 and 3.