Deep Magic: Volume III

by Jeff Wheeler, Anthony Ryan, Charlie N. Holmberg

The Best of Deep Volume Three— fantastical worlds, gripping magic, immortal prisoners, and missing husbands are here for you to devour — stories with depth, strong protagonists, high tension, all told while pulling at your heart strings, or making you smile with understanding. In this anthology, you’ll find fifteen stories, including many novelettes. Go on adventures with heroes old and young, a couple of war pigs, and visit many new fantasy worlds. Watch out for the dragons!

The stories included in this anthology THE ECHOING SIEGE by WSJ bestselling author Jeff Wheeler, SPRING BREAK by WSJ bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg, A WHISPER OF BLUE by Hugo & Nebula winning author Ken Liu, THE DRUID by A.C. Cobble, THE MODERN MYSTIC by NYT Bestselling author Maria V. Snyder, THE SONG OF DISSONANCE by NYT & USA Today Bestselling author D.K. Holmberg, THE MISADVENTURES OF THE PEACOCK SAPPHIRE UN-HEIST by K.J. Dawson, THE KNIGHT’S SONG by Allison Anderson, COUNTING IN THE DARK by Brendon Taylor, THE TAILOR by Realm Award winning author Carrie Anne Noble, THE HEALER’S APPRENTICE by Operation Literacy founder Jennifer Jenkins, A SILENT SONG by Elijah Lewis, THE NEW PLAN by J.A. Andrews, SONG AND STORM by Jeanna Mason Stay, and FIRE WINGS by NYT bestselling author Anthony Ryan.

Deep Magic's Anthology Three has stories that will satisfy your hunger to escape. All of these stories have a noblebright thread of honor, compassion, or selflessness. So jump in and learn about how one returns a stolen magical artifact, a fortune reader who uses e-mail spam to see the future, a special kind of metal that can quell magic, and an intrepid tailor who must do the impossible. Explore these stories by bestselling authors today, and experience new adventures of sacrifice, love, family, loss, and triumph.

622 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 19, 2025

About the author

Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler took an early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to write full-time. He is a husband, father of five, and a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jeff lives in the Rocky Mountains.

Learn about Jeff’s many worlds at www.jeff-wheeler.com, or participate in one of his online writing classes through Writer’s Block (www.writersblock.biz).