Gifted and Talented

Thayer Wren, known as the father of modern magical technology, dies suddenly and leaves behind Wrenfare Magitech, the company he built. His three children, Meredith, Arthur and Eilidh, must return to one another and fight for control of it.

All three have had telepathic and electrokinetic gifts since childhood. Admired in public and coming apart in private, they carry old rivalries and the weight of potential they never fulfilled.

Meredith, the eldest, runs her own biotech company and has recently cured mental illness. Arthur is a congressman facing a hostile constituency, plagued by a magical misfire he can only call the yips.

Eilidh was a prima ballerina until a spinal injury ended her career. Now she finds she can set off accidental catastrophe.

This standalone novel by Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six, is satirical in tone, with a narrator who breaks the fourth wall. Magic colours the story, but the focus stays on character: privilege, a dysfunctional family and who deserves an inheritance. Think Succession with spells.