Hidden

Alex Verus, a mage who sees possible futures, did not see this coming. His friends have learned the truth about his earlier life, and the fallout has cost him. Anne Walker has cut every tie with the magical community since she was expelled from the apprentice program, and she no longer trusts him.

As a favour to his apprentice Luna, who is Anne's best friend, Alex goes to check on her. Anne tells him to leave her alone. Soon afterwards she is kidnapped.

The Keepers, the Council's enforcers from the Order of the Star, suspect Dark mages from Anne's past. Alex and Luna work alongside them and learn that Anne has been taken into the shadow realm of Sagash, the Dark mage who once trained her. Getting her out will take a plan.

A second problem runs beside the rescue. Alex's former master may be back in London, and Alex cannot tell what he wants. This is the fifth Alex Verus novel, an urban fantasy set in a hidden magical London, with the past pressing in on every side.