There is a map of the Castle and of the entire world in the later books. The books are beautifully illustrated by Mark Zug.

Throughout the books we read about the adventures and misadventures of the Heaps as they go missing, go Darke, put the Castle in grave peril and save the Castle from grave peril. Their seventh son dies shortly after he’s born. Silas and Sarah Heap have seven children, six boys and a girl. Among the many residents of the Castle are the Heaps, perhaps the most famous of them all and the most abundant of them all as well. The Castle always has a Queen, the throne being passed from mother to daughter and an Extraordinary Wizard responsible for the magykal tasks and problems the Castle faces and he/she resides in the Wizard Tower. General premise: It’s set in the Castle, a walled-in city where magyk and wizards are as common as bread and butter. (The recommended age group would be about 10-14 but I’m 22 and still I loved it) Genre: Juvenile, Middle-grade and Fantasy. The companion books: the Darke Toad and the Magykal Papers. Here’s what you need to know if you want to give this a go (this overview is spoiler free and I would urge you not to read the official synopsis from anywhere, there are some things that it shouldn’t say but it does): Basyk Information:Īuthor: Angie Sage (she’s an English author)īook Titles: Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke, Fyre. It’s ultimately a fun and light-hearted story and I gladly recommend it to anyone who’ll listen. It’s one of the many underrated books which are overshadowed by other over-hyped books. But, you’d be surprised how much commitment and perseverance pays off. Even when I did I wasn’t entirely convinced that this was going to be an amazing series. I took my sweet time and didn’t immediately start these books.

If you’re suffering from a HP hangover and search for similar books to read, Septimus Heap will likely turn up in the lists the internet will show you. One of them is Harry Potter ( duh) and the other is Septimus Heap. The two that I know of are not only kind, beloved and charming but also really powerful. It’s no secret that I adore green-eyed boy wizards.

Septimus heap book series in order