Spellslinger (Series)

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The Spellslinger Series of books is a fantasy series by Sebastian de Castell, set in a continent called Eldrasia, that tells the story of Kellen, who begins as a Jan'Tep initiate, his Argosi mentor, Ferius Parfax, and his business partner, Reichis the squirrel cat.

## Books

### Spellslinger

*Main article: Spellslinger (Book)*
Released May 2017, Spellslinger is the first book in the series of the same name. The cover depicts Kellen and Reichis upright, with Ferius Parfax inverted.

When you’re a Jan’Tep initiate approaching your sixteenth birthday, you’d better be ready to prove your worth as a mage. Either that or work some kind of miracle.

But Kellen isn’t counting on either. He knows he needs a few tricks up his sleeve to avoid total disgrace and life as a Sha’tep servant. He just has to find the right tricks.

So when a sassy, straight-talking Argosi wanderer arrives in town, Kellen is drawn to her like a moth to a flame. Ferius Parfax is strong and worldly, an exile who lives by her wits and the three decks of cards she Shadowblack and short

### Shadowblack

*Main article: Shadowblack (Book)*
Released October 2017. The cover depicts Kellen and Reichis upright, with Seneira inverted.

Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he’s an even worse outlaw than he was mage. It doesn’t help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat.

Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn’t blind, and whose secrets get them caught up in a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder. Now Kellen must find the mage responsible before the entire frontier falls victim to the mystical plague known as the shadowblack.

### Charmcaster

*Main article: Charmcaster (Book)*
Released May 2018. The cover depicts Kellen upright, with Reichis inverted.

Kellen, Reichis and Ferius are on their way to Gitabria, a city where amazing inventions are dreamed up and sold across the land of the Seven Sands.

But when the three of them stumble across a tiny mechanical bird, brought to magical and impossible life, they quickly realize that all is not as it appears.

Then two strange Argosi appear, carrying secrets from Ferius’ past, and a stranger who Kellen only thinks he knows.

And as time ticks on, all the cards in Ferius’ deck point to the emerging tides of war, and she, Kellen, Reichis and their friends are swirling right at the heart of it.

### Soulbinder

*Main article: Soulbinder (Book)*
Released October 2018. The cover depicts Kellen and Reichis upright, with Butelios inverted.

Kellen and his murderous squirrel cat, Reichis, are searching for a mythical monastery known as the Ebony Abbey rumored to have a cure for the Shadowblack. But when Kellen finds himself separated from Reichis, he's forced to face the world alone for the first time - and venture deeper into shadow magic than he ever knew he could.

### Queenslayer

*Main article: Queenslayer (Book)*
Released May 2019. The cover depicts Kellen upright, with Queen Ginevra and Reichis inverted.

Kellen and Reichis have just finished fighting a duel in the desert when Kellen inadvertently smears blood on the Daroman flag - an act of treason for which the Marshals have no choice but to arrest him. Just before he's put before the Queen to be executed, Kellen is given a strange piece of advice from one of his fellow prisoners: kill the Queen and he'll be given clemency by those who take power. But when Kellen comes face-to-face with the eleven year-old monarch, he realises she's vastly smarter than he expected - and in a great deal more danger.

### Crownbreaker

*Main article: Crownbreaker (Book)*
Released October 2019. The cover depicts Kellen upright, with Ke'heops inverted.

Kellen and Reichis are settling into their new lives as protectors of the young queen and dealing with the constantly shifting threats to her reign and to her life. For the first time in his life, Kellen feels as if he's becoming the kind of man that his mentor Ferius had wanted him to be. Even Reichis has come to appreciate having a noble purpose - so long as no one minds him committing the occasional act of theft from the royal treasury.

But what seems to be a simple card game between Kellen and an old man is soon revealed to be a deadly game of wits in which a powerful mage has trapped the queen's spellslinger in order to kill him.

## Free Tie-Ins

A number of tie-in chapter-length stories have been released as bonus content on Sebastian de Castell's website.

### The Dowager Magus

A chapter set during the events of Spellslinger.

Mer'esan's rest is interrupted by Ferius Parfax to discuss Kellen, and for the Argosi to paint a Discordance.

### Firewood

A chapter cut from the beginning of Chapter 5 of Shadowblack.

Kellen collects firewood for the campfire and has a discussion with Reichis.

### Red Lily

A short story set shortly after Charmcaster.

Ferius Parfax is threatened by a Jan'Tep mage searching for Kellen.