Vic James

1 series 3 books in order

Vic James is a current-affairs TV director who loves stories in all their forms. Her programs for BBC1 have covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election and Britain’s EU referendum. She has twice judged The Guardian's Not the Booker Prize. Gilded Cage is her first novel, and an early draft of it won a major online award from Wattpad for most-talked-about-fantasy. She has lived in Rome and Tokyo, and currently lives in London.

Known for: Dark Gifts

Series by Vic James

Dark Gifts

3 books in order · 2017–2018

Gilded Cage

2017 · Vic James

MAGIC RULES. WE SERVE. In a darkly fantastical debut set in modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power—and you. If…
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Tarnished City

2018 · Vic James

MAGIC COMPELS. WE BLEED. The captivating dystopian trilogy that began with Gilded Cage continues. In a modern Britain where magic users control…
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Bright Ruin

2018 · Vic James

In the “thrilling conclusion” to the dystopian trilogy that began with Gilded Cage and Tarnished City, the people of Britain rise up against their…
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How many books has Vic James written?

We list 3 books by Vic James across 1 series, published between 2017–2018 — each shown in full reading order.

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