Alex Verus has a magic shop in Camden London and an uncanny ability to see the future.But
suddenly everyone can see Alex's future. Because the Mage's Council of Great Britain just named
him a traitor and ordered his death in seven days' time and there's no way anyone can get out
of that.Alex's friends - Luna and the other apprentices he's taken in - are tainted by
association. They'll be marked for death too when the ruling comes into play and Alex becomes
locked in a race against time to save them.But with only seven days to work with will he have
time left over save his own skin?
