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

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.