ALT A digital image of the wizard, Haelius Akana. He has light brown skin, untidy brown hair and green eyes. He is narrow framed, with a thin face and prominent cheekbones. There are burn scars on the lower left side of his face and on his neck. He is wearing green robes edged in gold and red with a high collar and wide sleeves. He has the white gold light of a spell curling between his fingers.

ALT “As soon as he appeared, she felt his power like a beacon, as if he were a creature made more of magic than of flesh. The energies in the room were tugged towards him, and Naila had the sensation she was falling, sucked down towards the centre of the room.” There was never any hope of an ordinary life for Haelius Akana. Haelius is the most powerful living mage, his gift so great that he could level buildings or crack open the earth with a wave of his hand. But what is he supposed to do with all this power? Tension is building in Amoria between mages and those without magic. With his father a prominent member of the non-mage council, Haelius has always found himself on the edge of mage society. Many are petitioning for Haelius to pick a side, while some are simply waiting for him to fail. The wrong choice could have catastrophic consequences - and Haelius already carries the scars of his past mistakes.

ALT An array of magical symbols surrounds the bottom half of flaming sun in red, orange and yellow. Below it stands the silhouette of a girl with long hair and flowing cloak standing on the silhouette of a sand dune. On the background are more dunes. In the sun, the text reads: ’The Outcast Mage made me fall in love with fantasy again. Tightly plotted and propulsive, full of characters as vivid, flawed, and beautiful as their world, this is a book to curl up with and get lost in.’ Catriona Silvey, author of Meet Me in Another Life and Love and Other Paradoxes A copy of the book is in the foreground - the same magical array and girl on the cover. Text reads ‘Truly enchanting’ - Trudi Canavan, bestselling author THE OUTCAST MAGE Annabel Campbell Out 28 January 2025 Available for pre-order now

ALT A digital illustration of Naila, a young woman with raven black hair and black eyes. Her hair is falling forward in front of her face and her expression is apprehensive. She is wearing blue robes with white trim and a pattern like frost on the sleeves. She is clutching two hardback books to her chest.

ALT Naila “Naila had only ever heard rumours, but these stories were written into the very bones of the city. If a mage didn’t learn to control their gift, it would grow wild, a seething storm caught within the fragile casing of a human body.” Naila is a young mage at Amoria’s prestigious Academy of magic. Or at least she’s supposed to be. The only problem is Naila has never been able to use magic, and now time is running out to prove she can control it. If she can’t, she could be exiled - or worse, consumed by her own power. Naila has spent too long failing at everything. When the book begins, she is frightened and alone, slow to trust and troubled by the growing political unrest in Amoria. However, when Haelius Akana, the most powerful living mage, offers her a chance to earn her place in the magical city, Naila leaps at it. The only problem is, the more she learns about her power, the more dangerous it seems to be.