Cat Wizards Books in Order

The Cat Wizards books take place in the Young Wizards universe, but they feel fresh right away because the point of view changes everything. Here the main wizards are cats, and they see New York, humans, danger, and duty through their own very particular logic.

That is half the fun.

The core team includes Rhiow, Urruah, and Saash, feline wizards responsible for maintaining the worldgates centered around Grand Central. Their work is technical, risky, and a lot more important than the humans around them realize. To the people in the station, they are just cats. To the universe, they are maintenance staff for reality's travel network.

The books play this both seriously and playfully. Duane has a great time with cat priorities, cat language, and cat social rules, but the stakes are real. Worldgates malfunction. New wizardly initiates arrive in trouble. Alternate versions of New York open up. The Lone Power shows its face again. And because these are wizards, not mascots, the choices they make carry real cost.

There is also a slightly older feel here than in the main Young Wizards books. The setting is still full of wonder, but the pace is calmer, the humor drier, and the sense of work more constant. These cats are professionals. Even when one of them is distracted by food or status or the strange habits of humans, the job still has to get done.

If you like urban fantasy with a strong sense of place, this series delivers. If you like the wizardry mechanics of the Young Wizards books, it deepens them. And if you just want to see Grand Central from the perspective of a cat who is also saving the universe, this is the page to start with.

It is a weirdly natural combination.