Cursed (#2 Alex Verus)

Author: Benedict Jacka

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  • : 19.99 AUD
  • : 9780356500256
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : Orbit Books
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  • : June 2012
  • : 198mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : June 2012
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  • : Alex Verus Ser.
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  • : English
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Description

Dark rituals drag London mage Alex Verus into the center of a conspiracy in this thrilling novel from the national bestselling author of Marked.


 


Since his second sight made him infamous for defeating powerful dark mages, Alex Verus 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 discovers not everyone on the Council wants him delving any deeper. Struggling to distinguish ally from enemy, he finds himself the target of those who would risk their own sanity for power. Alex still has the advantage of seeing the future--but he might not have a future for much longer.

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* Review copy mailing to the genre and blogging press * Featured on www.orbitbooks.net and in the Orbit ezine

Reviews

Harry Dresden would like Alex Verus tremendously - and be a little nervous around him. I just added Benedict Jacka to my must-read list. FATED is an excellent novel, a gorgeously-realized world with a uniquely powerful, vulnerable protagonist. Books this good remind me why I got into the storytelling business in the first place Jim Butcher

Author description

Benedict Jacka became a writer almost by accident, when at 19 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.