Nic Blake and The Remarkables Books in Order

The Nic Blake and the Remarkables books are fast, funny fantasy adventures built around one big idea: the world is fuller and stranger than Nic has been told. Nic is twelve, sharp-tongued, curious, and desperate to learn how to use the Gift, the magic that marks her as a Manifestor. At first she is living a hidden life with her father in Jackson, trying to stay out of trouble. That plan does not last.

Secrets are everywhere in this series.

The first book, The Manifestor Prophecy, blows open Nic's world on the edge of her twelfth birthday. Her father is accused of a crime tied to a missing magical artifact called the Msaidizi, and Nic is pulled into a hidden history her family never fully explained. She discovers that the ordinary world sits right beside a Remarkable one shaped by Black history and folklore, and that her own place in it may be much bigger, and much scarier, than she thought.

The setting matters a lot. Jackson is not just a starting point, and the hidden city of Uhuru is not just a cool fantasy backdrop. Thomas uses both places to ask who gets protected, who gets excluded, and what a community owes the people inside it. The series has magical creatures, prophecies, and giftech, but it also keeps circling questions of inheritance, belonging, and the stories families tell to keep each other safe.

Nic is the heart of it, but she is not carrying the books alone. Her twin brother Alex becomes crucial once the wider family picture comes into view, and her best friend JP brings humor, loyalty, and a very human perspective into situations that can get wild fast. In The Book of Anansi, Nic has what she always wanted, a home in Uhuru, hero status, and room to develop her Gift. Of course that only makes the new trouble sharper. A dangerous power, an unresolved prophecy, and the search for the legendary Book of Anansi put fresh strain on the people she trusts most.

Magic may drive the action, but home is the real prize.

If you like middle grade fantasy with movement, banter, family secrets, and a world that pulls from Black folklore rather than generic castle scenery, this is the appeal. The tone stays lively and kid-centered, even when the danger turns real. Nic wants answers, safety, and a place where she can belong without hiding parts of herself. That gives the series its stakes. Start with The Manifestor Prophecy, then continue to Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Book of Anansi for the next stage of her story and the deeper mysteries around her.