
An Instruction in Shadow
Inheritance of Magic, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Will Watt
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By:
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Benedict Jacka
The ultra-rich control magic—the same way they control everything else—but Stephen Oakwood may just beat them at their own game in this exhilarating contemporary fantasy from the author of the Alex Verus novels.
Stephen Oakwood has emerged victorious against the schemes of his aristocratic family. Now he finally has the opportunity to do what he’s been wanting to do for a long time: track down his father.
But doing so won’t be easy. Stephen’s not so isolated any more, but the contacts he’s making in the magical world—everyone from the corporation he works for to the mother he’s just beginning to reconnect with—all have agendas of their own. And now a new group is emerging from the shadows, calling themselves the Winged. Their leader, the mysterious Byron, promises that he can show Stephen how to find his father...but he wants something in return.
Following that trail will throw Stephen into greater danger than he’s ever faced before. To survive, he’ll need to use all of his tricks and sigls, and pick up some new ones. Only then will he be able to prevail against his enemies...and find out who’s really pulling the strings.
* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains the glossary from the book.
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Critic reviews
“The new magic system introduced in this series, which began with An Inheritance of Magic, continues to fascinate, and the stories will remind readers of classic urban fantasies (such as the “Dresden Files” series from Jim Butcher), as Stephen’s world gets more dangerous and he powers through each setback by learning bigger and better magic and paying a higher price each and every time.”—Library Journal
"[A] dense, pulse-pounding fantasy adventure."—Publishers Weekly
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Characters continue to be intriguing
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keep writing and I'll keep reading them
good but over too fast
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Excellent second addition to this series
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Hair pulling
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Love this series
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World Building
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As with the first one, most of the focus is on Stephen trying to survive - get money, learn sigls, and in the background of it all, find his father. Once again, the character work is quite good, as is the magic. Stakes are believable and intense, even while being so small scale. Some things start to become clearer, but as the title suggest, the arc in this book is more of an introduction that anything. Much is set up, more is hinted at, and Stephen comes a little more into his own, but it will be quite a while before we even see hints of the conclusion to this story.
Overall, I highly recommend.
Short, Simple, and Personal
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Not much happened.
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This guy just keeps making good books
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Continuing build-up
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