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Bound (Alex Verus, 8) Audio CD – Unabridged, April 25, 2017

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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 friends from being harmed is to again work for Richard and his deadly ally. Even worse, he's forced to bring the Light mage Anne into this servitude as well. After weeks of being hunted and finally cornered into what he thought was his last stand, Alex never thought his life would be spared-and never anticipated at what price. This time, the diviner can see no way out . . .

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"Gildart Jackson has another fantastic performance in this book. He embodies all the characters so well it is all very seamless and he has become the voice of Alex for me." ---Books of My Heart

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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 Fallen, Marked, Bound, Burned, and Veiled.

With acting credits that span stage and screen, Gildart Jackson is most often recognized for his role as Gideon on Charmed. He has also been featured on Providence and General Hospital, and his theater roles include Trigorin in The Seagull, Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, and Adrian in Private Eyes at the Old Globe.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tantor Audio; Unabridged edition (April 25, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1515958116
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1515958116
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.98 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches

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Benedict Jacka became a writer almost by accident, when at nineteen he sat in his school library and started a story in the back of an exercise book. Since then he's studied philosophy at Cambridge, lived in China, and worked as everything from civil servant to bouncer to teacher before returning to London to take up law.

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Michael and Julie

Another dark chapter in the Verus saga; can't wait for the next one

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2017

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I am always hungry for a new Alex Verus novel. Alas, they always go too fast, and they almost always leave poor Alex and his young friends worse off than when they started. BOUND is no exception.

The title comes from the agreement Verus and Ann made with dark mage Morden to save their lives. Verus had refused to bow down to light mage Levistus, resulting in a death senence on himself and Ann from the Light Council. Morden took them under his protection, suspending the death sentence, in exchange for their service. They are in effect bound to Morden and his ally/mentor Richard Drakh. Verus is deeply unhappy with this arrangement and spends most of the book seeking to learn what Morden and Drakh have in mind for him and Ann. He is certain that they have an evil purpose, but the tasks he's given appear innocuous; gathering intelligence from aides to Morden's fellow Council members, providing a stand-in for Morden with a rabble-rouser by the name of Archon, and performing one-off jobs that, while risky, don't tell Verus much. In the mean time, Verus' former apprentice Luna is adjusting poorly to the new state of affairs, and Ann is not doing so well, either.

One frustrating aspect of these novels is that author Jacka has first person narrator Verus do a lot of foreshadowing while seemingly not knowing that's what he's doing. Verus makes it obvious that he and Ann have feelings for each other and further make it obvious that if Verus doesn't act on those feelings, they're both going to regret it. And what does he do? Likewise, the reader gleans a lot more from the 'innocuous" odd jobs that Verus is asked to perform than Verus does himself. The closest Verus comes to "getting it" is that he feels a bit uneasy. I'm not sure this is terribly excusable in a Diviner, and I'm not sure whether Jacka is trying to make a point -- you can be really good at looking at the lowercase future and still be really bad at understanding the Future. That is, being too focused on the small picture inevitably leads to missing the big picture. Verus isn't stupid or ignorant, but it's annoying that he misses so much.

While BOUND is not as action-packed as its predecessor, it does move things along. Drakh makes a play that tells Verus something about his intentions ... but, of course, not enough, and at a very high cost. Verus continues to be boxed in and shoved into ever-smaller boxes, but he is not without resources and he can still learn new tricks. I look forward to seeing what he does with them in the next novel, which I hope will come sooner rather than later.

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Jason C

Getting closer to the lion's den...

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2021

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Another great Verus novel, and this time he's involved in council politics, working for a man he really doesn't like or trust at all. Jacka gives us a great summary of this deep dive Alex is taking:

"It felt like being thrown into the middle of some insanely complicated game which had been running for years, with rules no one would explain, played by people who'd known each other their entire lives. Everything had a meaning, and not always the one you'd expect." He follows this up with: "I'd much rather deal with assassins than the Light Council. At least with assassins you know where you stand."

In addition to Alex diving into very deep, unsafe waters, there are still some of is trademark funny lines, saying Rachel is as crazy as a "coked-out wolverine" for example. Great stuff. At this point it's getting hard to believe Alex can survive what keeps coming at him, and we know something is going to need to change.

The only downside to this novel is that Anne gets kidnapped again--at least the third time--and I'm not crazy about an author using a trope repetitively like this. Still, this is a wonderful series that I recommend to everyone.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2019

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Alex has learned how to make some great friends, but he is much better at making enemies. And he has made some doozies. Richard and Mordan are at top of that list (a very long list at that) and they are by far the most dangerous. They are educated, cunning, patient, mysterious and are playing a long game that even Alex can’t divine.

Alex got caught up in a whirlwind situation in Burned where he well, for lack of a better word for it got burned. In the aftermath, he and Anne are locked into Mordan’s service under threat of death and worse. Alex is reluctant to help Mordan or Richard in any way but for the moment he is a bit stuck, so better to be patient and pick your moment. Dangerous times for Alex indeed.

With Light and Dark mages, it is really hard to tell who are the bad guys. Right now, I’m thinking there are plenty of bad guys playing for both teams. What I do know is that Richard is a mystery and I have no idea what his end game is but I do know he is playing the game better than anyone else including Alex right now.

Most of Bound is political posturing and Alex trying to figure a way out of his indentured servitude intact and with Anne. Of course, Vari and Luna are there to help and Arachne always has some good advice for him. While it seems like Alex and Anne are getting closer and may one day have a romance, it is definitely tertiary to the story and moving very slowly. Still, long term, I see it headed in that direction at least.

It was hard to watch Alex and Anne be shunned by most of the people they are supposed to be working with in the council/keepers/healers. Even harder were some of the events that happened to Anne in this book. She has been through some struggles and I think that we might have hit her breaking point. My only question now is, did Richard have his hand in it hoping to push Anne to the Dark side?

I always enjoy Alex’s take on situations and while a lot of this book is political posturing there is still plenty of fighting as new and old enemies alike come after our favorite diviner. A new magical object is put into play and it seems like a useful and dangerous tool.

At the climactic end of Bound, I again was left with that oh no feeling I got at the end of Burned. These are dangerous times and Alex still seems to be in way over his head. I’m hoping he figures things out soon and if/when he goes up against Richard, I’m expecting it to be a chess match for the ages.

“Align yourself with a greater power,” Arachne said. “Become a greater power. Or die.”

“Have you really gone this long without an aide?”
“As a matter of fact, I’ve had two,” Morden said. “Unfortunately, they’ve had rather poor luck. The first disappeared in the summer and the second committed suicide.”
“Suicide?” Anne asked.
“Yes, it seems the stress of the position proved too much for him. He broke all his fingers, cut his own throat, then set himself on fire.”

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Gildart Jackson has another fantastic performance in this book. He embodies all the characters so well it is all very seamless and he has become the voice of Alex for me. I have enjoyed all of his performances of this series so far. I listened to this at my usually 1.5x speed.

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SydC

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2020

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I quite enjoy this series. While the magiacal urban fantasy genre isn't for eveyone I do like the masculine spin on a usually female heavy genre, each book in the series is well written and paced, with zero typos or grammatical stumples as you'd expect from a publishing house book unlike self publish works. The setting of London in the here and now gives it a familiar and tangible edge that you don't get from similar books set in the States or even Europe making it a more enjoyable read, while the character growth throughout is steady and belivable for the story arch and in the series in general. The main protagonist can be a little irksome early on in the series at times with his self flagilation quickly followed by self aggrandizing boasting but stick with it, the characters arch does change as stated previously and the author seems to grow out of this imprinting on his character as the series goes on. Overall it is a easy an enjoyable read.

Randal

Excellent Jacka as usual

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2017

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Alex Verus is in trouble - again. Or perhaps that should be Alex Verus is still in trouble, because this is a continuation of the trouble he was in last time, under a death warrant from the Mage Council. He's only managed to sidestep it because his old boss and longtime enemy Richard Drakh has once again got him in his power and this time Anne is involved as well. Alex feelings for Anne are... complicated (even more so because he won't acknowledge them).

Apart from the fact that Richard has threatened to kill all of his friends if he doesn't return to work for him, Alex is somewhat surprised when his old enemy turns out to be almost reasonable, seconding him to the Dark Mage Morden, who is the only Dark Mage on the Light Council. Morden - after being a deadly enemy in several previous books - also turns out to be a decent boss, and Alex is drawn closer to the political centre of magic in Britain. But he still has a foot in both camps and the light mages are convinced that Richard and Morden are planning something big, so Alex is conscripted to report back. Finally, with some bargaining power, Alex gets the Council's death sentence lifted. It's interesting to note that the Light Council has actually done more to hurt Alex and his friends than the Dark mages have, and they remain unpredictable and vindictive, while the Dark Mages have some obscure objective that Alex can only guess at.

This story is spread over a longer period that previous Alex Verus books, but the pacing is still smart and the twists many and various. At last Alex is starting to be proactive and (prompted by Arachne) starting to plan long-term. There's a twist in the ending that makes me eager to see what happens is Alex Verus #9.

I galloped through this in less than a day. Highly recommended.

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Googie64

Cracking read, can't wait for the next one........

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2019

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Alex is back working for Richard and Anne is with him. Could things get any worse? He is thrown into the heart of the daily machinations of the Council, the centre of the political world of the Light Mages, however, the Dark is gaining a foothold, to what end? This is an excellent read with a very unexpected conclusion? I can't wait for the next book! This is an original and intriguing read, you will not be disappointed.

Hisham

Wow!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2018

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WOW!

In all of the other books leading up to Bound, the action and story has been fast paced and squeezed into a narrow time frame. Usually days to weeks.

In Bound, events are paced over the course of nearly a year. The pace feels slow to begin with, but trust me - by the time you hit the end of the book you realise how much everything has slowly ramped up on you the reader! I was unaware of how steeply the pacing ramped up that it was a surprise when it hit the conclusion.

Oh. And the stakes and risks are even higher by the end too!

I can't wait to see what happens next. So I'm not - I'll be starting the next book as soon as I post this review.

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Raw

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2021

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Gritty, non stop action and suspense from start to finish. This series is amazing and very well written although there were a few 'tell' paragraphs to move the story on but they don't detract from the book as a whole. I'm devouring this series and can't read it quickly enough. Sadly, though it's going to create a very large hole when I do finish the series which will be hard to fill.

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