If you loved how Fletcher has to etch precise glyphs, stand within circles, and negotiate with his salamander demon Ignatius—and how one misstep at Vocans can be disastrous—then The Amulet of Samarkand will hit the same sweet spot. Apprentice magician Nathaniel summons the djinni Bartimaeus using strict ritual, true names, and layered protections, and the power plays among London’s magicians echo the nobles’ pecking order Fletcher faces. The magic is clever, dangerous, and delightfully technical—every spell and binding has teeth.

You watched Fletcher go from a blacksmith’s ward in Pelt to a summoner at Vocans, bonded to Ignatius and thrust into war and politics. Eragon mirrors that arc: a farm boy discovers a dragon egg, bonds with Saphira, trains under Brom, and is hurled into battles against forces as relentless as the orc threat in Hominum. It’s that same heady mix of discovery, training, and finding a place in a world that suddenly expects heroics.

If the nonstop momentum of Fletcher’s entrance trials, duels with entitled nobles, and the climactic Tournament kept you turning pages, The Ruins of Gorlan will too. Orphaned Will is chosen as a Ranger’s apprentice and thrown into grueling fieldwork under Halt—boar hunts, stealth missions, and a deadly confrontation with the Kalkara—delivering the same brisk cadence of challenge, growth, and danger that made Vocans so gripping.

One draw of The Novice is the nobles-versus-commoners divide at Vocans, the Inquisition’s overreach, and the tense dwarf/elf politics Fletcher navigates with Othello and Sylva. In Red Queen, Mare Barrow is thrust into a Silver royal court where bloodline and ability dictate everything, much like the aristocratic summoners who try to sideline Fletcher. The betrayals, public spectacles, and backroom scheming echo the pressures that shape Fletcher’s fate.

If you enjoyed Hominum’s layers—guild towns like Pelt, Vocans’ battlemage hierarchy, and the fragile ties with elves and dwarves that Fletcher navigates with Sylva and Othello—The Demon King offers that same depth. Streetlord-turned-hero Han Alister and princess Raisa move through the Seven Realms’ tangled web of clan traditions, wizard factions, and royal politics, as detailed and lived-in as the orc-threatened borders and academy corridors you explored with Fletcher.