A Contemporary Fantasy Trilogy

The Nightspire Legacy

Seven students. One university. A hidden world that was never meant to be seen.

Discover The White Hart

About the series

Some truths refuse to stay hidden.

In modern Britain, Nightspire University appears entirely ordinary. Behind familiar lecture halls, student societies and rain-darkened courtyards lies a supernatural world kept carefully out of sight.

When seven students are drawn together by questions no one else is willing to ask, ancient secrets begin to press against the present. The Nightspire Legacy is a character-led contemporary fantasy trilogy about truth, belonging and the cost of seeing what others cannot.

The world

Beyond ordinary sight

A glimpse into the hidden world of The Nightspire Legacy.

Nightspire University

An ordinary modern university in London, full of lectures, deadlines, societies—and questions its oldest spaces refuse to answer.

The Veil

An unseen influence that keeps supernatural life beyond ordinary human perception, turning the impossible into something easily dismissed.

The Firstborn

Ancient beings from before humanity, remembered through fractured histories, guarded warnings and stories that never quite agree.

The Great Houses

Old supernatural dynasties whose influence reaches through modern life, each preserving its own legacy, loyalties and secrets.

Meet the ensemble

Seven students One unlikely circle

At Nightspire University, seven students with different histories, loyalties and reasons to keep asking questions find themselves drawn towards the same impossible mystery. An unlikely circle becomes something more enduring: a place to belong.

Seven students overlooking Nightspire University beneath a moonlit sky

The trilogy

The books

Provisional cover artwork

Coming Soon

The White Hart

Book One of The Nightspire Legacy

The Nightspire Legacy Book Two Title and cover to be revealed

In Development

Book Two

Book Two of The Nightspire Legacy

The Nightspire Legacy Book Three Title and cover to be revealed

Planned

Book Three

Book Three of The Nightspire Legacy

Release dates will be announced when confirmed.

Enlarged provisional cover artwork for The White Hart

About the author

Neil Ault

Neil Ault is a British fantasy author and the creator of The Nightspire Legacy. His debut novel, The White Hart, begins a contemporary fantasy trilogy about hidden histories, inherited power and seven students who refuse to leave impossible questions alone.

With contributions from

Annmarie Ault

Annmarie Ault, Neil’s daughter, contributed to the development of The Nightspire Legacy, including the series name and elements of its world and characters.

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