Alex Verus has a magic shop in Camden, London, and an uncanny ability to see the future.But suddenly everyone can see Alex''s future. Because the Mage''s Council of Great Britain just named him a traitor and ordered his death in seven days'' time, and there''s no way anyone can get out of that.Alex''s friends - Luna and the other apprentices he''s taken in - are tainted by association. They''ll be marked for death too when the ruling comes into play, and Alex becomes locked in a race against time to save them.But with only seven days to work with, will he have time left over save his own skin?