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Benedict Jacka

Autor(a) de Fated

21 Works 5,776 Membros 230 Críticas 11 Favorited

About the Author

Benedict Jacka is a British author who was born in England in 1980. He earned his bachelors degree in philosophy at Cambridge University. He started writing soon after graduation and authored three children's fantasy novels which were not published. His first published work was a children's mostrar mais non-fantasy novel called "To be a Ninja" later changed to "Ninja: The Beginnng". In 2000 he developed a fantasy setting for which he wrote four books, whose main characters were teenage elementals. These book also went unpublished. In 2009, he decided to try again with an adult character with a more information-based ability. Three years later, in 2012, he published the first book of the Alex Verus Series, with two more to follow that year. In December 2013, an audio version of Fated was released in the US, the next three books followed. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Benedict Jacka

Fated (2012) 1,371 exemplares
Cursed (2012) 744 exemplares
Taken (2012) 635 exemplares
Chosen (2013) 533 exemplares
Hidden (2014) 455 exemplares
Veiled (2015) 398 exemplares
Burned (2016) 369 exemplares
Bound (2017) 304 exemplares
Marked (2018) 272 exemplares
Fallen (2019) 216 exemplares
Forged (2020) 173 exemplares
Risen (2021) 129 exemplares
An Inheritance of Magic (2023) 67 exemplares
The Alex Verus Novels, Books 1-4 (2014) 26 exemplares
Favours (2021) 26 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1980-09-25
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
London, England, UK
Locais de residência
London, England, UK
Romania
China
Educação
University of Cambridge (BA) (philosophy)
Ocupações
civil servant
English teacher
bouncer
solicitor
author
Agente
5ophie Hicks

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Benedict Jacka is half-Australian, half-Armenian, and grew up in London. He’s worked as a teacher, bouncer, and civil servant, and spends his spare time skating and playing tabletop games. He’s the author of the Alex Verus series, including Bound, Burned, Veiled, Hidden, and Chosen.

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Críticas

I could say this story reminds me of a Harry Dresden novel. It would be a true statement, but it would also fail to do the story justice.

Yes, Alex Verus is clearly inspirited by the more popular Dresden Files, but it does enough things different to stand on its own. For one, the world of Alex Verus is a darker take on the secret wizard society formula. Alex himself is also quite different from Dresden, namely in the fact his only magical power is to divine the future. The result is a decided different approach to conflict resolution and action scenes, among other things.

Warmly recommended to lovers of Urban Fantasy, Heist novels, and Harry Dresden fans.
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Thulan | 73 outras críticas | Mar 4, 2024 |
This series delivers a thrilling narrative with morally questionable characters. The protagonist has to make difficult decisions to survive in a ruthless world where even the would-be-good guys are anything but what they seem. In this second-last novel seeds sown as early as the first novel sprouts in narrative satisfying ways. I can't recommend Alex Verus enough.
 
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Thulan | 8 outras críticas | Mar 4, 2024 |
Powerful Alex learns to play with his new toy - and realises that while it's very powerful it is also slowly and surely killing him. And he's still no match for a djinn.
 
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reading_fox | 8 outras críticas | Feb 20, 2024 |
The very well crafted conclusion to the Alex Verus series. In the afterword the author doesn't rule out writing more in this world, but the series is complete and Alex's tale is told.

It's crunch time. The mariad possessing Anna has control and a plan to resume it's ancient war against the mages who imprisoned so many of it's kind. It's even got Richard Drakh scared enough to liaise with the Council, all his plans being thrown askew (by Alex). Anne having completed her revenge against all those who harmed her has retreated to a shadow realm of one he former persecutors and now the mariad plans to enact a ritual allowing it to free all djinn that had ever been banished. The mages working together have to stop it, although of course working together is always a challenge.

Lots of action with Alex always leading form the front with cunning guile and personality rather than shear bravado. It remains the highlight of this series that even with the extra power and Magic Items he's garnered it's nor about brute force, but the considered application. But there's also some introspection about commitment, and the meaning of it all, and sacrifice. Some characters are killed off whom I didn't expect to die, and their passing is noted with empathy despite their disagreements.

The only minor downside is the slight ret-conning of Richard who loses his air of superiority on fairly weak grounds. But that is more than made by the clever epilogue.

Read them all from the 1st in order, there probably isn't a better urban fantasy series out there.
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reading_fox | 8 outras críticas | Feb 20, 2024 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
21
Membros
5,776
Popularidade
#4,268
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
230
ISBN
139
Línguas
6
Marcado como favorito
11

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