Burned
core novel 2016 Alex Verus
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.28 (11,423 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 326 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780425275764 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
Burned is the seventh novel in the Alex Verus series and opens with the diviner Alex Verus learning that the Council has issued an execution order against him, giving him only about a week before it can be carried out. To survive, he has to distance himself from the people who depend on him, including his apprentice Luna and his friends Anne and Variam, so that they are not caught in the fallout, while simultaneously trying to build alliances among Council mages who might intervene on his behalf. His efforts to save himself put him in direct opposition to his former master and the Dark mages working with him, forcing Alex into a dangerous balancing act between political maneuvering and open confrontation. The novel follows his attempt to escape the sentence without sacrificing the relationships and principles that separate him from the mages hunting him.
Where it sits
- Universe: Alex Verus
- Series: Alex Verus core; position 7 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Benedict Jacka
Notes
- From the series record (Alex Verus): A single continuous urban-fantasy sequence following the diviner Alex Verus.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Alex Verus: position 7 of 12: previous Veiled (2015) · next Bound (2017)
Sources
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