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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.

Stephen Oakwood is a young man on the edge of this hidden world. He has talent and potential, but turning that potential into magical power takes money, opportunity, and training. All Stephen has is a minimum wage job and a cat. But when a chance encounter with a member of House Ashford gets him noticed by the wrong people, Stephen is thrown in the deep end. For centuries, the vast corporations and aristocratic Houses of the magical world have grown impossibly rich and influential by hoarding their knowledge.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stephen Oakwood has emerged victorious against the schemes of his aristocratic family. Now he finally has the opportunity to do what he’s been wanting to do for a long time: track down his father. But doing so won’t be easy. Stephen’s not so isolated any more, but the contacts he’s making in the magical world—everyone from the corporation he works for to the mother he’s just beginning to reconnect with—all have agendas of their own. And now a new group is emerging from the shadows, calling themselves the Winged.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Zum Bösen gezwungen: In seinem achten Abenteuer wird der schlimmste Albtraum des Hellsehers Alex Verus wahr! In der magischen Welt von London sind die Grenzen zwischen Schwarz- und Weißmagiern fließend. Nur weil jemand im Lager der Weißmagier ist, gehört er noch lange nicht zu den Guten. Der Hellseher Alex Verus befindet sich inmitten dieses Chaos, seit sein alter Mentor, der Schwarzmagier Richard Drakh, einen Weg gefunden hat, Alex in seine Dienste zu zwingen. Damit ist Alex' schlimmster Albtraum Wirklichkeit geworden.

Unschuldig zum Tode verurteilt! Im siebten Roman der Erfolgsserie ist der Hellseher Alex Verus auf der Flucht vor dem Gesetz. 1965 wurde in England die Todesstrafe abgeschafft - es sei denn, man ist magisch begabt: Dann gilt sie noch heute. Doch warum konnte der Hellseher Alex Verus nicht vorhersehen, dass sie ihn treffen würde? Dabei hat er sich ja häufig genug Feinde im Rat der Magier gemacht. Ihm bleibt nur eine Woche Zeit, bis das Todesurteil vollstreckt werden soll. Eine Woche, um sich irgendwie aus der Sache rauszuwinden.

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.

In London gibt es über 30.000 Polizisten - und dennoch ist die Metropole statistisch betrachtet die gefährlichste Stadt Europas. Da verwundert es nicht, dass auch Magier Opfer von Verbrechen werden, so wie die junge Lebensmagierin Anne. Doch die Entführer haben nicht mit dem Hellseher Alex Verus gerechnet. Er wird nichts unversucht lassen, um Anne zu retten. Die befindet sich inzwischen allerdings in der dunklen Domäne eines Schwarzmagiers, und dort werden sowohl Anne als auch Alex mit dem schlimmsten Albtraum ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert.

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..

Endlich: Das zweite magische Abenteuer von Alex Verus! London ist immer eine Reise wert. Und wenn Sie schon mal da sind, empfehlen wir Ihnen einen Besuch im Emporium Arcana, dem Zauberladen des Magiers Alex Verus. Bis vor kurzem gab es hier zum Beispiel einen magischen Wunscherfüller. Doch er wurde gestohlen. Die junge Luna versuchte, mit ihm einen Fluch zu brechen, um endlich mit dem Mann zusammensein zu können, den sie liebte. Doch magische Wunscherfüller machen nie nur das, was man ihnen aufträgt, und sie fordern immer einen schrecklichen Preis.