Risen

Alex Verus started out running a shop in Camden. He is now one of the most powerful mages in Britain, and the book sets him against the last and most dangerous fight of his career.

The life mage Anne, his lover, has made a bargain with a deadly creature, and it now holds complete control over her. It intends to use her to build an army of mages that obey its every whim.

Alex, the Council and the Dark mage Richard Drakh put their war on hold and agree a truce. Together they plan a joint attack on the creature. Alex has no illusions about how long the arrangement will last, since Drakh and the Council are certain to turn on each other once the common threat is dealt with.

Another problem sits beside that one. Neither the Council nor Drakh cares whether Anne survives. Alex has to find a way to stop her and to free her from possession, and the clock is running. This is urban fantasy set in contemporary Britain, and the final stretch of Alex's story rests on whether he can save her before his uneasy allies decide the matter for him.