Misfits of the Adept Universe Books in Order

Misfits of the Adept Universe is a spin-off that asks what happens to the people left standing after the big battles of the main series. Its first book, Misplaced Souls, focuses on Mory, a young necromancer whose life has already been shredded by dark magic before the story even begins.

Years earlier, Mory was kidnapped by a black witch and dragged across Europe, forced to watch as witches and sorcerers were slaughtered so their magic could be harvested and corrupted in order to raise vanquished demons. She was eventually rescued in London by Jade Godfrey and her allies — a lethal quartet of dowser, vampire, werewolf, and dragon who routinely threw themselves between the world and annihilation. Later, Mory helped untangle the power fueling a dimensional portal used by invading elves, confirming that she wielded far more than basic necromancy.

When Misplaced Souls opens, that history still defines how others see her. The same powerful Adepts who saved and worked alongside Mory now watch her minute by minute, waiting to see whether what she endured has tainted her. For a witch to go dark is one thing; for a necromancer to go dark, with the potential to raise an army of the dead, is something far more terrifying. Mory, who counts every day and minute since her kidnapping ended, is determined not to become what everyone fears.

The Misfits series builds on that premise, expanding the Adept Universe beyond the original set of heroes. It looks at side characters and survivors, people whose magic or histories make them ill-suited to tidy labels. Tones range from grim — dealing with trauma, cults, and the ethics of raising the dead — to wry and hopeful, as Mory and others find friendship, love, and purpose in the margins.

Because Misplaced Souls directly references events up through Dowser 9 and the novella Graveyards, Visions, and Other Things that Byte, the author recommends reading the full Dowser sequence first, then amplifiers like Endings and Empathy and the Archivist novels for extra context.

For readers already invested in the Adept Universe, Misfits offers a more introspective, necromancer-led angle on familiar events, showing how even secondary characters carry entire worlds of their own.