Fated. That's Alex Verus. His fate should be in his own hands but mages dark and light are trying to pull his fate in their hands. And it gets quite crowded with those mage types. Alex runs a shop in London and tries to keep a low profile but events (and indeed mages) decide differently for him. He's 'recruited' to locate a special artefact hidden inside a special place which can only be opened and accessed through special means.

This is the start of an exciting and at times hilarious journey that took me through 'Fated' at high speed, simply because the book was so good I didn't want to put it down.