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Burned: An Alex Verus Novel from the New Master of Magical London by [Benedict Jacka]

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Alex Verus has a magic shop in Camden, London, and an uncanny ability to see the future.
But suddenly everyone can see Alex's future. Because the Mage's Council of Great Britain just named him a traitor and ordered his death in seven days' time, and there's no way anyone can get out of that.
Alex's friends - Luna and the other apprentices he's taken in - are tainted by association. They'll be marked for death too when the ruling comes into play, and Alex becomes locked in a race against time to save them.
But with only seven days to work with, will he have time left over save his own skin?

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Harry Dresden would like Alex Verus tremendously - and be a little nervous around him. I just added Benedict Jacka to my must-read list -- Jim Butcher

Jacka writes a deft thrill-ride of an urban fantasy - a stay-up-all-night read. Alex Verus is a very smart man surviving in a very dangerous world -- Patricia Briggs

London's hidden wizardly community spell-blast each other entertainingly in this urban fantasy romp. Fated is highly enjoyable -- Sun

Filled with tense and compelling writing -- SFX

Whoop-ass excitment from the new master of magical London -- Charles Stross --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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A deft, thrill-ride of an urban fantasy - a stay-up-all-night read

Harry Dresden would like Alex Verus tremendously - and be a little nervous around him. I just added Benedict Jacka to my must-read list

Whoop-ass excitement from the new master of magical London --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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The seventh novel in this compelling urban fantasy series featuring Alex Verus, the Camden-based mage who just can't stay out of trouble despite his ability to see the future. Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher or Ben Aaronovitch --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Benedict Jacka became a writer almost by accident, when at nineteen he sat in his school library and began writing in the back of an exercise book. Since then he has worked for the civil service, studied philosophy at Cambridge and been a bouncer, but has always found the time to keep writing. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Benedict Jackabecame a writer almost by accident when at nineteen he sat in his school library and started a story in the back of an exercise book. Since then, he has studied philosophy at Cambridge, lived in China and worked as everything from civil servant to bouncer to teacher before returning to London to take up law. Benedict has a website at www.benedictjacka.co.uk and tweets at @BenedictJacka. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Alex Verus has a magic shop in Camden, London, and an uncanny ability to see the future.

But suddenly everyone can see his future. Because the Mage's Council of Great Britain has named him a traitor and ordered his death in seven days' time, and there's no way anyone can get out of that.

Alex's friends - Luna and the other apprentices he's taken in - are tainted by association. They'll also be marked for death when the ruling comes into play, and very quickly Alex becomes locked in a race against time to save them.

Perhaps he might even remember to save himself.

Praise for this series:

'Harry Dresden would like Alex Verus tremendously - and be a little nervous around him. I just added Benedict Jacka to my must-read list'
Jim Butcher

'Whoop-ass excitement from the new master of magical London'
Charles Stross

'A deft, thrill-ride of an urban fantasy - a stay-up-all-night read'
Patricia Briggs

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0166ZKL8S
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orbit; 0 edition (7 April 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1081 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 338 pages

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Best one yet

Reviewed in Australia on 17 April 2016

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Love the series so far. Burned has to be the best book out of the whole series. It has everything in it.

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Getting a little tiresome

Reviewed in Australia on 2 July 2016

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For gods sake, how many times is our hero going to be bitch slapped into oblivion. I love the writing, I love the characters, however, it's about time our hero stepped up to the plate. Make him do something more than becoming a small 't' target or I am going to give up on this series. How could anyone stay loyal to a regime that can proclaim a secret kill order on a person and anyone associated with them when only half the council is present. I realise the writer is portraying the idea that there is a blurred line between light and dark, good and evil.... yadah, yadah, yadah... But for gods sake.. Get on with it or you are going to lose your audience. There is only a certain time limit when your protagonist is such a pussy.

Reviewed in Australia on 16 May 2019

Began with much anticipation and interest until I found myself skimming after page 3 or 6...I forget which- but I thought it was like someone reading the full instructions to play a game of monopoly at a sleepy dinner party. I'll be back because the promo held promise.

Reviewed in Australia on 24 March 2017

Jacks always delivers thoughtful, engaging, meticulously-plotted action-packed stories and this is no exception! Brutal ending leaves you hanging out for the next chapter. Can't wait

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SydC

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2020

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I quite enjoy this series. While the magiacal urban fantasy genre isn't for eveyone I do like the masculine spin on a usually female heavy genre, each book in the series is well written and paced, with zero typos or grammatical stumples as you'd expect from a publishing house book unlike self publish works. The setting of London in the here and now gives it a familiar and tangible edge that you don't get from similar books set in the States or even Europe making it a more enjoyable read, while the character growth throughout is steady and belivable for the story arch and in the series in general. The main protagonist can be a little irksome early on in the series at times with his self flagilation quickly followed by self aggrandizing boasting but stick with it, the characters arch does change as stated previously and the author seems to grow out of this imprinting on his character as the series goes on. Overall it is a easy an enjoyable read.

Anne

Dark and desparate - gripping and full of tension

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2016

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Every time I read and review the next book in this series I say that the novel is darker than its predecessors and this one is no exception. You really must read this series in order because you have to know Alex from his reasonably carefree days until the point that he reaches here - there is excellent character development in this series. In this novel Alex finds out that there is a price set on his head by the Council that he has been assisting - his enemies and his past (as well as fear of what he might do in the future) have finally caught up with him. And it isn't just Alex that has a problem here because his friends and associates are in danger too. Alex has only a few days to persuade at least one Council member to change their vote and to find a way to save his friends.

This is a tension filled novel because everything that Alex does to try and get out of his predicament seems to go wrong. He discovers that others fear him because they are making assumptions about his future relationship with Richard, his ex-master, and many think that he is already aligned with him. Alex's lack of power is not a good thing but the power of his enemies is what will bring him down. Slowly, everything that Alex held dear is destroyed from his shop to his relationship with his friends. Left with only one companion he is forced to flee and his ability to read the immediate future shows him that there may be no way out.

I was hooked on this book from the beginning. The author strips everything away from Alex and shows us how desperate he can be and what he will, and will not, do to survive. It is excellent character development yet again and the book definitely builds on the previous instalments. I highly recommend this novel and am eagerly awaiting what the author will do next - I can guarantee, from what we can see at the end of this book, that it will be even darker ! Fine by me.

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Susan Stepney

just a week to save his friends

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2022

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Poor Alex Verus, with powerful enemies among both Dark and Light mages. The only way to be independent is to be invisible, but Alex always seems to be at the centre of things. Which is why the enemies.

Now his enemies have attacked not just him but also his few but loyal friends. He has just a week to save them all. But it seems there are multiple plots against him, and foiling one will not only make new enemies, but may just make the other plots more likely to succeed…

atomica

Great book, great series!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2016

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Benedict Jacka's writing puts across thought-provoking ideas around power vs right, laws vs sense, individual vs group etc.. using a good mix of characters and situations in highly readable stories. I find they provide some substance in a genre occasionally prone to fluff.

So, it'd be fair to say that I've relished the series to date, and Burned is a cracker of a follow up to its predecessors. Emotion, desperation and the usual humour are all here, as well as a new rawness, particularly towards the end, that Alex needed I think, to remind him of what he has achieved and what makes him the character he is and give him opportunity for some serious development and potential power-play. After all, he has a lot of unresolved anger/fear issues that he needs to work through!

I'm guessing the start of the next book will have Alex in a very bad situation, but i'm hopeful we'll see the best of him under that sort of pressure, and the next book can't come soon enough for me.

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Mr N J Skoyles

Just keeps getting better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2016

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As a fan of the series I was really looking forward to this book and it didn't disappoint. A well thought out plot working in the on going storylines and continuing to develop characters and their relationships. I love reading a series of books which can really develop over time and isn't afraid to change things up and doing something new to keep the story fresh. On reading other reviews I see lots of comments about this book being a set up for the next one but surely that's to be expected and isn't a bad thing. The ending has got my mind racing on all the possibilities of what could happen next. That's great story telling in my opinion. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend the series highly to any fans of fantasy. Well done Mr Jacka and thank you.

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