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Arcane Awakening Books in Order

by J. ParsonsScience Fiction & Fantasy

7 books from Imperial Wizard (2023) to Imperial Wizard 7: Hearth and Home (2026). Rated 4.5 across 463 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Imperial Wizard

    Book 1 2023 4.4 (207)

    Verdan Blacke is an Imperial Wizard, a researcher by preference but soldier by necessity. Surviving an intense battle, Verdan is cursed by a hex witch in her final moments.

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  2. Imperial Wizard 2: Ambitions

    Book 2 2024 4.5 (119)

    Verdan has found more questions than answers in the time since awaking, but the world waits for no one, and new threats are drawing close....

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  3. Honor of the North

    Book 3 2024 4.6 (54)

    Hobson’s Point stands independent and is safe from the machinations of the Sects for now. An unexpected call for aid takes Verdan into the territory of the Kranjir, a land steeped in the mysteries he seeks to unravel and the birthplace of…

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  4. Imperial Wizard 4: The Southern Alliance

    Book 4 2025 4.8 (32)

    The battle was won, but the price of victory was high. What should be a triumphant moment for the allied forces is marred by treachery, loss and worrying news from the south. Elder Vanarr is in trouble.

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  5. Seeds of Corruption

    Book 5 2025 4.5 (28)

    The bitter taste of treachery mars what should be a triumph. Morale is low as the allied forces recover from betrayal, loss and worrying news from the south. Elder Vanarr is in trouble.

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  6. Unlikely Allies

    Book 6 2026 4.9 (21)

    The Cyth have been defeated, and a precious seed carried forth, escorted by its remaining ancient guardians. The Brotherhood has much to answer for; their schemes seem to grow in both ambition and danger in equal measure, yet the cost of…

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  7. Imperial Wizard 7: Hearth and Home

    Book 7 2026 5.0 (2)

    A blow has been struck and the scope of the enemy has been further revealed, but not without cost. Returning home to rest and recover, Verdan finds that Hobson’s Point has changed in his absence, with new forces taking control and pushing…

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Arcane Awakening is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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