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Alex Verus is part of a world hidden in plain sight, running a magic shop in London. And while Alex's own powers aren't as showy as some mages, he does have the advantage of foreseeing the possible future-allowing him to pull off operations that have a million-to-one-chance of success. But when Alex is approached by multiple factions to crack open a relic from a long-ago mage war, he knows that whatever's inside must be beyond powerful.

To protect his friends, Mage Alex Verus has had to change - and embrace his dark side. But the life mage Anne has changed too, and made a bond with a dangerous power. She's going after everyone she's got a grudge against - and it's a long list. In the meantime, Alex has to deal with his arch-enemy, Levistus. The Council's death squads are hunting Alex as well as Anne, and the only way for Alex to stop them is to end his long war with Levistus and the Council, by whatever means necessary.

Once, Alex Verus was a diviner trying to live quietly under the radar. Now, he's a member of the Light Council who's found success, friends...and love. But it's come with a price - the Council is investigating him, and if they find out the truth, he'll lose everything. Meanwhile, Alex's old master, Richard Drakh, is waging a war against the Council, and he's preparing a move that will bring Alex and the life mage, Anne, under his control. Caught between Richard and the Council, Alex's time is running out.

Mage Alex Verus has gone from a Camden shopkeeper to one of the most powerful mages in Britain. Now his last and most dangerous battle lies before him. His lover, the life mage Anne, has fallen fully under the control of the deadly creature she made a bargain with, and it is preparing to create an army of mages subject to its every whim.

In a world where magic is controlled by wealthy families and vast corporations, one young man will need all the help he can get in this riveting contemporary fantasy from the author of the Alex Verus novels. Stephen Oakwood’s ambitions used to be simple. Pay his bills, track down his father...

When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council, no one is happy, least of all him. But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends, he'll need to become a power player himself. His first order of business is to track down dangerous magical items unleashed into the world by Dark Mages.

The super-rich control everything—including magic—in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fantasy from the author of the Alex Verus novels. The wealthy seem to exist in a different, glittering world from the rest of us. Almost as if by . . . magic. Stephen Oakwood is a young man on the...

Alex Verus is still haunted by his time apprenticed to Richard Drakh. He's been free of him for many years, but now the only way to keep his friends from being harmed is to again work for Richard and his deadly ally. Even worse, he's forced to bring the Light mage Anne into this servitude as well. After weeks of being hunted and finally cornered into what he thought was his last stand, Alex never thought his life would be spared - and never anticipated at what price. This time, the diviner can see no way out.

Since his second sight made him infamous for defeating powerful dark mages, Alex has been keeping his head down. But now he's discovered the resurgence of a forbidden ritual. Someone is harvesting the life-force of magical creatures-destroying them in the process. And draining humans is next on the agenda. Hired to investigate, Alex realizes that not everyone on the Council wants him delving any deeper.

Diviner Alex Verus finally made one too many enemies on the Council of Mages, and now one of them is angry enough to have him executed. Fighting for his life is nothing new, but this kill order also calls for the death of Alex's dependents - and there's no way that he'll let Luna, Anne, and Vari take the heat. With only a week before he's history, Alex will have to figure out how to disassociate himself from his friends, scrounge up allies on the council, and hopefully keep his head attached to his body.

I don't publicly advertise that I'm a mage, but I don't exactly hide it either, and one of the odd things I've learnt over the years is just how much you can get away with if you're blatant enough. Hide something behind smoke and mirrors and make people work to find it, and they'll tear the place down looking for what's there. Alex Verus is a diviner who can see probable futures-a talent that's gotten him out of many a tough scrape. But this time, he may be in over his head. Alex was once apprenticed to a Dark mage, and in his service he did a lot of things he isn't proud of.

This time last year, I could go weeks without seeing another mage. In mage society I was an unknown and, all in all, that was how I liked it. It’s hard to say what changed. Whatever it was, I got involved in the magical world again and started getting myself a reputation.

With his talent for divining the future, Alex Verus should have foreseen his friends' reactions to the revelations about his previous life. Anne Walker no longer trusts him-and has also cut all ties with the mage community after getting kicked out of the apprentice program. As a favor to Luna, Alex's own apprentice and Anne's best friend, he checks in on her only to be told to leave her alone. Then Anne gets kidnapped.

Alex Verus and the Council that governs the magical community have never gotten along. But with his former teacher back in Britain, Alex is in desperate need of allies, and he'll do whatever it takes to get them - even if it means accepting a job enforcing magical law. Alex forms an uneasy alliance with his new partner, but his attempt at legitimacy quickly turns lethal when a mission puts him in possession of an item that factions both inside and outside of the Council would kill to get their hands on.

The ultra-rich control magic—the same way they control everything else—but Stephen Oakwood may just beat them at their own game in this exhilarating contemporary fantasy from the author of the Alex Verus novels. Stephen Oakwood has emerged victorious against the schemes of his aristocratic...

Magie verpflichtet! Der Auftakt der neuen Urban-Fantasy-Serie von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Benedict Jacka. Stephen Oakwood hat ein natürliches Talent für Magie. Doch die Materialien dafür sind teuer, und er stammt aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Zudem hat Stephen keine weiteren Verwandten – glaubt er zumindest, bis seine Cousine auftaucht. Plötzlich ist er verstrickt in die Angelegenheiten von Haus Ashford, einer der mächtigsten Magierfamilien Englands. Stephen will eigentlich nichts mit seiner adeligen Verwandtschaft zu tun haben, doch die zieht ihn immer tiefer in ihre Intrigen hinein. Also muss er selbst Macht und Vermögen aufbauen – und seine magischen Fähigkeiten so schnell es geht verbessern.

Besuchen Sie London! Diese großartige Stadt bietet Ihnen neben dem Tower oder Madame Tussauds auch im wahrsten Sinne magische Nachtklubs. Aber vermeiden Sie es, diese in Begleitung des Magiers Alex Verus zu betreten. Er hat sich dort kürzlich sehr unbeliebt gemacht. Nun verlässt er London, um ein magisches Turnier zu besuchen, an dem seine Auszubildende Luna teilnehmen soll. Er macht sich ein wenig Sorgen um sie, denn immer mehr Lehrlinge der Londoner Magier verschwinden spurlos. Seine Sorgen sind berechtigt..

Alex Verus hat die magischen Wächter des Weißen Rates immer verabscheut, doch nun bleibt ihm keine andere Wahl: Er wird einer von ihnen! Neben körperlicher und geistiger Gesundheit gibt es noch weitere harte Voraussetzungen, um ein Londoner Polizist zu werden. Doch es ist die einzige legale Möglichkeit, die Bösen zu bekämpfen, ohne selbst ein Verbrecher zu werden. Außer man ist magisch begabt wie der Hellseher Alex Verus. In dem Fall kann man den Wächtern beitreten, den Beschützern des übernatürlichen London.

Willkommen in London! Wenn Sie diese großartige Stadt bereisen, versäumen Sie auf keinen Fall einen Besuch im Emporium Arcana. Hier verkauft der Besitzer Alex Verus keine raffinierten Zaubertricks, sondern echte Magie. Doch bleiben Sie wachsam. Diese Welt ist ebenso wunderbar wie gefährlich. Alex zum Beispiel ist kürzlich ins Visier mächtiger Magier geraten und muss sich alles abverlangen, um die Angelegenheit zu überleben. Also halten Sie sich bedeckt, sehen Sie für die nächsten Wochen von einem Besuch im Britischen Museum ab und vergessen Sie niemals: Einhörner sind nicht nett!

Stephen Oakwood will weiter in die Geheimnisse der Magie eindringen. Doch dafür benötigt er Geld. Ausgerechnet Calhoun, der Erbe von Haus Ashford, bietet ihm einen lukrativen Job als Leibwächter. Eigentlich will Stephen nichts mehr mit seiner hochmütigen und intriganten Familie zu tun haben, doch ihm bleibt kaum eine andere Wahl. Bis der geheimnisvolle Byron aus dem Schatten tritt und vorgibt, Stephen unterstützen zu wollen. Doch auch das hat seinen Preis.