An Inheritance of Magic
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4.8 • 13 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The super-rich control everything—including magic—in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fantasy from the author of the Alex Verus novels.
The wealthy seem to exist in a different, glittering world from the rest of us. Almost as if by . . . magic.
Stephen Oakwood is a young man on the edge of this hidden world. He has talent and potential, but turning that potential into magical power takes money, opportunity, and training. All Stephen has is a minimum wage job and a cat.
But when a chance encounter with a member of House Ashford gets him noticed by the wrong people, Stephen is thrown in the deep end. For centuries, the vast corporations and aristocratic Houses of the magical world have grown impossibly rich and influential by hoarding their knowledge. To survive, Stephen will have to take his talent and build it up into something greater—for only then can he beat them at their own game.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Magic is a matter of privilege and class in this brilliant urban fantasy novel. Stephen Oakwood isn’t very special. He’s just a 21-year-old Londoner with a charming cat, a missing dad, and a soul-crushing minimum-wage job. What sets the city’s wealthy elite apart is their access to a type of magic known as drucraft…something Stephen’s father taught him a little about before he disappeared. Author Benedict Jacka sets up a very clever magical system, where the rich can harness the power of drucraft artifacts by buying them ready-made at unthinkable prices—which makes Stephen’s journey to craft them himself feel even more enticing. We were held rapt as he honed his skills with dedication, trying hard to become the engine of his own destiny and not just a cog in the upper crust’s machine. If you like a contemporary fantasy setting and a relatable hero, dive into An Inheritance of Magic.
