Battlemage Investigates Books in Order

Battlemage Investigates is represented here by An Attitude Adjustment, a short piece of speculative fiction by Taki Drake. It is best approached as a compact entry in the author's wider mix of fantasy and science fiction, rather than as a long sequence with a large cast and a multi-book plot already in place.

The title points to the kind of pressure that often drives a short fantasy story: someone has a problem to solve, a point of view to reconsider, or a situation that will not improve until the people involved change how they see it. Drake's broader work regularly puts magical or unusual elements beside practical human concerns, and this smaller project belongs in that general territory.

It is a quick visit, not a sprawling campaign.

That makes the book useful for readers who want to sample Drake's work without committing to a long series such as The Unfettered Mage or the Federal Witch books. Short fiction has to establish its situation fast, make the stakes clear, and leave the reader with a satisfying turn. It does not have the page count to map every corner of a world, so the emphasis is on one focused encounter or idea.

The series label also helps place the story among Drake's early speculative work. An Attitude Adjustment appeared in the same broad period as several anthology contributions and shorter projects. Those works show an author moving between shared universes, standalone concepts, and series that would later expand into more detailed settings.

Readers should not expect a detective procedural simply because the title uses the word “investigates.” The available series record identifies one story, and its strongest context is Drake's fantasy and science-fiction catalog. The best way to enter is simply to read An Attitude Adjustment as a self-contained piece.

For a longer follow-up, readers can move to Drake's other magical fiction afterward. Familiar Shadows offers a more sustained supernatural setting, while We Are Not Prey starts a larger science-fiction fantasy arc. But this page is for the short version: one title, one focused premise, and a small window into Drake's interest in fantastical problems with personal consequences.