[Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.

Going solo again Danny reaches into his past to analyze a character that can see nearly any future. Bendecit Jacka is one interesting author but is his character, Alex Verus, and the magical world he created just as interesting? Danny outlines what works, what fails, and how Jacka's urban fantasy compares to its contemporaries. Does this first novel earn your money and make you want to read the next one? Danny let's you know.

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~Credits~

Original Sound Cloud image provided by Benedict Jacka's website at http://benedictjacka.co.uk/alex-verus/us/fated/

Original cover art owned by Benedict Jacka, Roy Bishop, Arcangel Images, Judith Lagerman, and Ace Publishing.

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Podcast Opening recorded by Delayne Archive and edited by Danny Archive.

Accompanying Opening music:

Title - "Dreams Electric"

Artist - Geographer

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Interlude Song - "Earthly Destiny

Artist - Sir Cubworth

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Outro - "Destiny Day"

Artist - Kevin MacLeod

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~Original Songs~

Interlude Song - "Definition of Destiny"

Artist - Billy Talent

Album - Billy Talent III

Label - Warner Music Canada & Roadrunner per July 2009

Producer - Brendan O'Brien

Outro Song - "Wheel in the Sky"

Artist - Journey

Album - Inifinity

Label - Columbia per 1978

Producer - Roy Thomas Baker

Podcast edited by Danny Archive using Audacity.

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