Artefacts of Power Books in Order

Artefacts of Power is the main doorway into Maggie Furey's fantasy. It begins with Aurian, but very quickly becomes a larger saga about power, exile, and a world scarred by older magical disasters. At the center is Aurian herself, a gifted young Mage raised away from the city and then sent to Nexis, where the white towers and strict rules of Mage society hide fear, rivalry, and a deep crack between rulers and ordinary humans.

Aurian matters because she is unusually powerful. She carries Earth magic from her mother and Fire magic from her father, and that makes her dangerous in more than one way. The series' main villain, the Archmage Miathan, wants control over her power and over Aurian herself. That turns what might have been a school or court fantasy into something harsher, because the threat is political, personal, and intimate all at once.

Once Aurian is forced out into the wider world, the books open up into a quest story on a grand scale. She and Anvar travel through deserts, frozen lands, strongholds, ports, and ancient ruins while trying to recover the lost Artefacts of Power. Those relics are not just shiny quest objects. They are tied to the Cataclysm that shattered the world long before the story begins, so every discovery also drags more history and more danger into the present.

This is epic fantasy that likes to keep moving.

Expect sword fights, magical duels, betrayals, strange allies, creatures with minds of their own, and a steady sense that the world is bigger than any one character can fully understand. Furey also likes strong emotional stakes. Aurian is brave, furious, loyal, reckless, and sometimes frighteningly stubborn, which gives the books their pulse. Her bond with Anvar keeps the series grounded, while Miathan's shadow keeps the tension high even when the cast spreads out and the map gets wider.

The setting is very much part of the appeal. Nexis has the feel of a proud, brittle magical capital, but the saga does not stay put for long. The farther Aurian travels, the more Furey can bring in other cultures, older races, and deeper layers of the world's history. That matters later, because the prequel books about the Xandim grow directly out of ideas that already sit underneath this series.

If you want heroine-led high fantasy with ancient weapons, hard journeys, big villains, and a touch of telepathic-cat weirdness, this is the place to start. Read the four books in order, from Aurian through Dhiammara. They really do build as one long story.