Taken
Alex Verus: Book #3
- By: Benedict Jacka
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Description
This time last year, I could go weeks without seeing another mage. In mage society I was an unknown and, all in all, that was how I liked it. It's hard to say what changed. Whatever it was, I got involved in the magical world again and started getting myself a reputation.
Alex Verus's insights into the future used to be the best-kept secret in London. Now, with the aid of his apprentice, Luna, his unique investigative talents are all the rage. He just has to be careful about picking his employers, because everyone—even the beautiful woman who practically begs him to run security for a prestigious tournament—has motives that can be hard to predict. And Alex doesn't do unpredictable.
But his latest gig just might be impossible. Apprentices have been vanishing without a trace—and someone on the Council could be involved. Alex has no evidence, no witnesses, and no suspects. All he knows is that someone is keeping tabs on him. And after assassins target Luna's classmate, Alex sees that he doesn't know the half of it—and that he could be the next to disappear.
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Alex Verus Series

Fated
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
Alex Verus is part of a world hidden in plain sight, running a magic shop in London. And while Alex's own powers aren't as showy as some mages, he does have the advantage of foreseeing the possible future—allowing him to pull off operations that have a million-to-one-chance of success. But when Alex is approached by multiple factions to crack... Read more »
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Cursed
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Since his second sight made him infamous for defeating powerful dark mages, Alex has been keeping his head down. But now he's discovered the resurgence of a forbidden ritual. Someone is harvesting the life-force of magical creatures—destroying them in the process. And draining humans is next on the agenda. Hired to investigate, Alex realizes... Read more »
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Taken
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
This time last year, I could go weeks without seeing another mage. In mage society I was an unknown and, all in all, that was how I liked it. It's hard to say what changed. Whatever it was, I got involved in the magical world again and started getting myself a reputation. Alex Verus's insights into the future used to be the best-kept secret in... Read more »
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Chosen
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
I don't publicly advertise that I'm a mage, but I don't exactly hide it either, and one of the odd things I've learnt over the years is just how much you can get away with if you're blatant enough. Hide something behind smoke and mirrors and make people work to find it, and they'll tear the place down looking for what's there. Alex Verus is a... Read more »
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Hidden
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
With his talent for divining the future, Alex Verus should have foreseen his friends' reactions to the revelations about his previous life. Anne Walker no longer trusts him—and has also cut all ties with the mage community after getting kicked out of the apprentice program. As a favor to Luna, Alex's own apprentice and Anne's best friend, he... Read more »
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Veiled
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Diviner Alex Verus and the Council that governs the magical community have never gotten along. But with his former teacher back in Britain, Alex is in desperate need of allies, and he'll do whatever it takes to get them—even if it means accepting a job with the Keepers, enforcing magical law. Alex forms an uneasy alliance with his new partner,... Read more »
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Burned
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Diviner Alex Verus finally made one too many enemies on the Council of Mages, and now one of them is angry enough to have him executed. Fighting for his life is nothing new, but this kill order also calls for the death of Alex's dependents—and there's no way that he'll let Luna, Anne, and Vari take the heat. With only a week before he's history,... Read more »
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Bound
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 11 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Right now I wasn't seeing Richard as the teacher out of my nightmares, he was just another Dark mage, and I looked into the future to see what would happen if I turned that knife on him instead . . . Alex Verus is still haunted by his time apprenticed to Richard Drakh. He's been free of him for many years, but now the only way to keep his... Read more »
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Marked
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Mage Alex Verus is hanging on by a thread in the ninth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned. When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council, no one is happy, least of all him. But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends, he'll need to become a power player himself. His... Read more »
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Fallen
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
For Mage Alex Verus, everything is on the line in the tenth urban fantasy novel from the nationally bestselling author of Marked. Once Alex Verus was a diviner trying to live quietly under the radar. Now he's a member of the Light Council who's found success, friends . . . and love. But it's come with a price—the Council is investigating him,... Read more »
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Forged
By: Benedict Jacka
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Alex Verus faces his dark side in this return to the bestselling urban fantasy series about a London-based mage. To protect his friends, Mage Alex Verus has had to change—and embrace his dark side. But the life mage Anne has changed too, and made a bond with a dangerous power. She's going after everyone she's got a grudge against—and it's a long... Read more »
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