Acquisition Announcement: ASPERFELL by Jamie Thomas

Orbit is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the Asperfell series by Jamie Thomas. The series follows a young, headstrong noblewoman trying to free herself and the true prince of her realm from a magical prison. The first two books were previously published and we’re so excited to be bring the third and final title in the series to Jamie’s eager readers! 

Even as an old maid of twenty, Briony has no interest in the rituals of the court, especially marriage. Who could think about a possible wedding when her kingdom’s ruler has an outright obsession with brutally eliminating anyone who can use magic from the land? When Briony is arrested for suddenly showing signs of magic, she evades a death sentence by jumping through the gate to Asperfell, an enchanted prison realm built to hold the darkest and most dangerous of Mages.

Trapped amongst the hopeless, the violent, the deranged, Briony does her best to stay alive while also desperately trying to understand her new powers. As she ventures onward, she discovers knowledge that could stop the king’s terrible plans, if she could only get home. 

When Briony realizes the only way to get back to her kingdom is to rescue the true heir to the throne, the Mage prince Elyan who’d been wrongly accused of murdering his father, Briony searches for him. When she finally finds him, he’s nothing like the regal, courageous prince he once was: Ellyan’s time in Asperfell has made him cynical and jaded, convinced that if he could not escape the prison, then Briony has absolutely no chance. His attitude is only the second most annoying thing about him though, the first being how his time in Asperfell has only made him more infuriatingly handsome than the young royal Briony remembers. 

As they journey together, trying, and failing, to resist the undeniable attraction between them while fighting incredible terrors, they’ll regain the hope of saving their kingdom and come together to fight a tyrant who would destroy all the magic in their world. 

All books in the Asperfell series—Asperfell, The Forest Kingdom, and The Shining City—will release on March 10, 2026. 

Jamie Thomas teaches Diploma Programme Language and Literature at an International Baccalaureate school in Tacoma, Washington where she lives in a one hundred and twenty-five-year-old house with her husband, two children, and (according to said husband) too many animals. She also holds a masters degree in vocal performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her first adult novel, “The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall,” was released on February 11, 2025, which she also narrated. 

Editor Stephanie Clark acquired World Rights for Orbit US.