Julius Azrael Holmes, a banished Master Wizard with a notorious past, has spent the last decade phoning it in as a member of the Order of the Magi in Chicago—a city where magic lurks just beneath the surface of mundane life. Jaded, cynical, and more interested in his cigars and romance novels than saving the world, Julius is dragged out of his complacency when a string of grisly murders rocks the magical community. Joined by his bright-eyed apprentice, Mattie Charlemagne, who’s navigating her own path to magical mastery, and Zefpyre, a sarcastic, rule-obsessed feline elemental with a penchant for quoting magical statutes, Julius is thrust into a conspiracy that could shatter the fragile balance between the realms. As Julius delves deeper, he unearths a connection to the long-buried secrets of Camelot and the Pendragons, uncovering a legendary battle that fractured the universe and raising the stakes to unimaginable heights. To stop the rising tide of death magic, Julius must confront not only his own haunted past but also a growing force that threatens to unmake reality itself. But as he starts to take his job more seriously, Julius becomes a target, his warnings dismissed as paranoia and his credibility dismantled. With the Order questioning his sanity and the necromancer's cryptic riddles offering more confusion than answers, Julius realizes the only way forward is to play the game on his own terms—even if it means sacrificing everything. Order of the Magi is a dark, gritty tale of magic, murder, and moral ambiguity, where the line between hero and villain blurs, and every answer comes with a cost. For Julius, the truth may be the most dangerous spell of all.