Burned

Alex Verus is a diviner, and he has made enemies on the Council of Mages. One of them wants him dead badly enough to get a kill order issued. The order also covers Luna, Anne and Vari, the people who rely on him. Alex has seven days before it is carried out.

Staying alive is a familiar problem for him. This time the task is harder. He has to find a way to separate his friends from his fate, win over allies inside the Council, and avoid being killed himself.

Saving his skin sets him against the Dark mages around him and against the master who trained him. The book is the seventh in the Alex Verus urban fantasy series, set in a hidden magical London, and the week-long deadline drives it.

The question hanging over the week is what survival will cost Alex, since getting out alive may mean losing his soul.