Burned has one of the most instantly gripping opening chapters I have ever come across Even with long running series that I have been keeping up with, it normally takes me a chapter or two to get back into things Not with this book I was gripped from the very first page Burned hit the ground running and the pace never let up from that moment on The book starts when Verus gets a call from an old ally telling him that the Council have met and have put an execution order out on him and his friends [...]