Camden, North London. A tangled, mangled junction of train lines, roads and the canal. Where minor celebrities hang out with minor criminals, where tourists and moody teenagers mingle, and where you can get your ears pierced and your shoulder tattooed while eating sushi washed down with a can of super strength beer. In the heart of Camden, where rail meets road meets leyline, you might find the Arcana Emporium, run by one Alex Verus. He won't sell you a wand or mix you a potion, but if you know what you're looking for, he might just be able to help. That's if he's not too busy avoiding his apprentice, foiling the Dark, outwitting the Light, and investigating a highly toxic Relic that has just turned up at the British Museum.
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
Title: Fated
Subtitle: an Alex Verus novel
Contributors:
By (author)
Benedict Jacka
ISBN 13: 9780356500249
ISBN 10: 0356500241
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint: Orbit
Publication Date: 28/02/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Fantasy
NBS Classification: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Dewey Classification:
823.92
(DC23)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Thickness: 22mm
Weight: 280g