Book 1

Dark Apprentice

by Val Neil

Published 3 April 2021

A psychopathic wizard. An immortal mage. An epic battle of wills.

Nikolai doesn’t want much out of life: sex, immortality, and the power to disembowel anyone who crosses him. But with dark magic forbidden, his only option is Medea–a mage so deadly even the Enforcers give her a wide berth. Despite dire warnings that her apprentices don’t survive, Nikolai won’t stop until she agrees to train him. After all, he’s a killer himself.

Barbaric and brutal, the training is a far cry from what he expects. Medea seems hellbent on teaching him anything but dark magic, and guards her secrets closely. When a mysterious illness strikes Nikolai down, he suspects Medea has ulterior motives. He resolves to find out what really happened to her previous apprentices and find the source of her power so he can use it against her.

Medea swore off training dark wizards–none of them take the craft seriously and the ungrateful bastards always try to kill her. This one definitely seems the backstabbing type, but magic is dying out and she hasn’t felt such magical strength in centuries. More than anything, she misses having a peer. If she can control the boy, show him that magic is more than curses and necromancy, he might obtain the power he desires. If not, well . . .

What’s one more dead apprentice?


Book 2

Dark Mind

by Val Neil

Published 25 December 2022