

There is a nice history to this world that involves the The Gate Rune War. It’s different enough to be different but you still can’t help but compare. “I’ve heard of a guy in Chicago who advertises in the phone book under “Wizard”,though that’s probably a urban legend.”įated, and I assume the whole series of Alex Verus, is set in London and so you will immediately compare this to Rivers of London. This comes in handy for the story when Alex is recruited to steal a magical artifact from inside the British Museum in London. Think of how Doctor Strange searches for a way to beat Thanos and finds that one method of beating him – this is what Alex can do.

What Alex can do though is see into the future.

He has magical abilities but not what you might expect in the traditional sense. Fated follows a man called Alex Verus who owns a magical shop in Camden.
