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A Judgement of Powers

An Inheritance of Magic Book 3: urban fantasy from the author of the million-copy-selling Alex Verus novels

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A Judgement of Powers

By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Will Watt
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The super-rich control everything-including magic-in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fantasy series from the author of the Alex Verus novels.

Stephen Oakwood's ambitions used to be simple. Pay his bills, track down his father, and take care of his cat. Maybe study a little magic after work, if he had time.

Now it's a year later and he's got everything he wanted. But it's come with a price.

The Winged, a mysterious group involved with his father, have noticed Stephen, and they want him to join them or else. His career as a corporate locator has hit a dead end. And his new job as bodyguard to Calhoun Ashford is proving a lot more lethal than expected due to assassination attempts from outside the House, and possibly also from within.

To survive, Stephen's going to need allies of his own. And along the way, he's going to have to figure out the secret of his own gift, and what it means. The cults, Houses, and corporations of the magical world are locked in an endless battle for dominance, and Stephen is beginning to realize that he's going to have to pick a side . . . before someone else picks it for him.

In this series:
AN INHERITANCE OF MAGIC
AN INSTRUCTION IN SHADOW
A JUDGEMENT OF POWERS©2025 Benedict Jacka Dark Fantasy Fantasy Magic Cats
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I got there as soon as it released and didn’t stop listening to it until I finished it. It was very good and very gripping. I can’t wait for the next one.

Gripping story

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This is a great addtion to the saga. I listended to it in a day. it pulled me in and i cant wait for the next book.

great addtion

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After another year long wait, I at first was a little underwhelmed by the start of the book, but boy did it grow. It fulfilled my expectations and as always left me wanting more.

A slow burn to a fantastic climax.

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was a good sequel alot of the questions from books 1 and 2 where answered but the pacing was really fast and everything moved just a bit to quickly. Smaller less important details should have been added to stretch it out a bit.

was a great sequel

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I really can't wait till volume 4 comes out. this took me a better part of 2 days to finish and I'm glad I have. I'm pretty sure if you are reading this and you have read the volume one and two you're not going to get disappointed

why does it have to end?

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