stories of witchkind®
🥇 WINNER “Fantasy - General” American Fiction Awards 2023
🥇 WINNER “Fantasy” Indie Book Awards
Witchkind have always lived among us — hidden, careful, powerful. Bound by ancient forces called the Axes: Sea and Flame, Earth and Sky, Endings and Beginnings. For thousands of years, the Veil has kept their world secret. But secrets have a way of unraveling.
stories of witchkind is a complete, six-book adult fantasy series told in two interconnected trilogies, set in a richly imagined world where magic is elemental, political, and deeply personal.
The first trilogy — Adherents of the Axes — begins with Daniel Scratch, a young orphan of witchkind who is Chosen to wield the Sixth Axis: the primal force of Endings. It’s one of the most mysterious and powerful forces in existence, and Daniel wants nothing more than to use it for good. The problem is that the people who’ve held power for centuries have very different ideas about what “good” looks like.
The second trilogy — The Order of Some — shifts the lens to Finley, a runewright whose postgraduate career takes a sharp turn into something far more complicated: a secret society tasked with keeping humans dependent on witchkind’s magic, a world filling up with dangerous human innovations, and a Veil that is finally, irreversibly, beginning to fall.
Together, the two trilogies ask the same question from different angles: what does it cost to protect a world that may not deserve protecting — and what happens when you can no longer hide the answer?
Winner of Best Fantasy at the American Fiction Awards. Honored with a Kirkus Starred Review.
Praise for stories of witchkind®
A Kirkus Reviews “Best Books of 2021” selection
A Kirkus Reviews starred review
“…Jones has created something new, compelling, beautifully written, and somewhat reminiscent of Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)…An engrossing, well-written, and original story; readers will be eager for the next installment.” -Kirkus Reviews
“Adult and teenage fans of thoughtful fantasy will love exploring this beautifully described world of arcane powers. This meditative look at power will engage readers who like their fantasy with a side of philosophy. Great for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book.” -BookLife
Book 1 Daniel Scratch: a story of witchkind
When thirteen-year-old Daniel Scratch is sent to be Tested by his ancient grandmother, he ends up stranded on a craggy island and chosen as the next Adherent of the Sixth Axis — one of the most powerful magical forces in existence. Years of solitary training in the Tower of Endings follow, until an irreversible Choice thrusts him into a mystery that will either save both witchkind and humanity, or destroy them both. It's a lot for a kid who just wanted a normal life.
Ebook: ASIN B089T64J9R (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-953645-00-5
Book 3 Master of the Tower: a story of witchkind
Three years into his role as Adherent of the Sixth Axis, Daniel Scratch tears the Veil — the fragile magic hiding witchkind from humanity — and suddenly human priests are calling for blood. Repairing it means confronting his own weaknesses, the thousand-year legacy of his predecessors, and the unsettling truth of why he was born at all. Daniel has the power of Endings. The question is whether he can use it to save something.
Ebook: ASIN B08HNJGGPD (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-953645-01-2
Book 2 The Fifth Axis: a story of witchkind
When the newly Forged Adherent of Creation goes rogue — unleashing unstoppable storms, earthquakes, and disasters across the world — it falls to Daniel Scratch, Adherent of Death and Endings, to stop him, despite his own powers falling dangerously apart. Racing across the globe to contain the chaos and understand why, Daniel finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about magic, power, and the world itself. It takes an ending to stop a beginning.
Ebook: ASIN B08NZ33ZHN (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-953645-00-5
Book 4 The Order of Some: a story of witchkind
Finley is coasting toward a guaranteed brilliant future — top of his class, rare runewright talent, prestigious postgraduate program practically in hand — when a centuries-old secret Order offers him a chance to trade certainty for something that actually matters. Set 200 years after the events of Master of the Tower, The Order of Some drops readers into a richer, more prosperous witchkind world with new mysteries at its heart. The safe path is right there. The question is whether Finley can take it.
Ebook: ASIN B08Y86CTLJ (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-953645-05-0
Book 5 The Conspiracy of One: a story of witchkind
Finley has spent years traveling the world stamping out human innovation on behalf of the Order of Some, but the cracks are showing — some of the inventions he's been sent to destroy seem genuinely good, and the Order's insistence on keeping humanity frozen in the past is starting to feel less like protection and more like control. Saddled with an incompetent apprentice and a growing conscience, he follows a clever cabal of rebels to a hidden settlement that forces him to question everything. The Order may have lost its way — and Finley may have finally found his.
Ebook: ASIN B0DRSVQ63T (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-953645-21-0
Book 6 The Truth of All: a story of witchkind
The Veil is failing, humans are waking up to the existence of magic, and Finley's options are narrowing fast: fix the impossible or watch witchkind face the Hunts all over again. The conclusion to the Order of Some trilogy ties together six books and the entire Clara Thorn saga into one final reckoning. Some problems don't have clean solutions — just the people willing to face them.
Ebook: ASIN B0DV4QV791 (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-953645-23-4
Book Omnibus 1 Adherents of the Axes: stories of witchkind
Collecting books 1-3 of the stories of witchkind.
Ebook: ASIN B08WYV1V26 (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 979-8-852516-28-2
Book Omnibus 2 The Order of Some Omnibus Edition: stories of witchkind
Collecting books 4-5 of the stories of witchkind.
Ebook: ASIN B0DV4VNLGX (available on Kindle Unlimited)
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-953645-25-8
short stories of witchkind
A free collection of short stories from the world of witchkind.
Available as an ebook.
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