It s hard to do justice to this book without any spoilers Alex Verus has managed to tread that thin, awkward line between the political mage parties for years, but no longer The threat of an independent mage who refuses to align politically with existing powers has proven too much he and his dependents have a week to live.With that opening out of the way seriously, that s not a spoiler this is about 3 pages in the stage is set Somehow Verus, Anne, Vari and Luna must find a way to extricate thems [...]