Welcome. I'm Brian Hutka, and I write the Wiken books — stories about a living school called Mulberry Academy, the children it keeps, and the thing in the black coat that has been watching them. Everything starts on January 5, 2027.
Featured · Arrives January 5, 2027
The Purple Flame
Orphan Ollie learns she is Wiken and goes to Mulberry Academy, a living school where three anchors hold all magic — and something in a black coat has been watching her for a very long time. Book One of the seven-book Wiken series.
The Series
Wiken
The original seven books — complete — plus the prequels, companions, and the sequel that follow them.
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Wiken: Revival
Six hundred years later, the magic is going grey, and Mulberry is a school again — barely. Eight books, two companions, four novelettes.
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The Graduate Register
An adult romantasy in the school's hidden Graduate Fold — the same corridors, older eyes. For grown-up readers.
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Utopia
A separate series in four books: the sleepers of a drowned valley, and the people who wake them, one room at a time.
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The Wiken series arrives through the spring: Books One to Three on January 5, 2027, then one book a month — The Serpent's Lair on February 2, The Forgotten Island on March 2, Ashes on April 6, and The Last Flame on May 4. See the full calendar →
The Newsletter
Letters from Mulberry
Occasional letters from Brian — new books, release dates, and the odd story that didn't fit anywhere else. Signups open with the launch on January 5, 2027.