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Oh, look, Alex Verus saves the day, and the damsels in distress, yet again, despite telling readers he isn't all that powerful. I read up to here to see if there was more than an adventure to face that he overcomes by finding something in his pocket (book #2; I kid you not!) or suddenly has the power or smarts to outwit all of the other mages. There doesn't seem to be any character development on his or any other character's part, so it ends up feeling like an adventure novel where I know the main characters will be fine either because of a deus ex machina moment or Verus simply being find.