Kindle Price: $2.99

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Buy for others

Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group.
Learn more

Buying and sending eBooks to others

  1. Select quantity
  2. Buy and send eBooks
  3. Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs

Follow the author

Benedict Jacka
+ Follow
More books from this author
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Favours (The Alex Verus Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Benedict Jacka (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 527 ratings
See all formats and editions
A novella set in the Alex Verus universe.

Favours takes place in between Alex Verus #6, Veiled, and Alex Verus #7, Burned, and is told from the perspective of the time mage Sonder. Returning to London after his year-long assignment to Washington D.C., Sonder is called into Keeper HQ to work with Caldera on an investigation. What looks at first like a simple burglary quickly turns into something much more difficult and dangerous, forcing Sonder to choose where his loyalties lie.
Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. Print length
    54 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    June 22, 2021
  5. File size
    197 KB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  9. See all details
Next page
Add a debit or credit card to save time when you check out
Convenient and secure with 2 clicks. Add your card

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B097RLD7PY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (June 22, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 22, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 197 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 54 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 527 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Benedict Jacka

Benedict Jacka

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Benedict Jacka became a writer almost by accident, when at nineteen he sat in his school library and started a story in the back of an exercise book. Since then he's studied philosophy at Cambridge, lived in China, and worked as everything from civil servant to bouncer to teacher before returning to London to take up law.

Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
527 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

E. Nolan
5.0 out of 5 stars One In Five People Are Jerks. Look Around -- If You Don't See The Jerk, It's You!
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021
Verified Purchase
This is a short story in the Alex Verus universe. In the past we
have seen from Alex's viewpoint that the time-mage Sonder is a bit
of a jerk. In this outing, we see his side of the story -- and you
know, he's a bit of a jerk.

In fact Jacka does a very good job of putting us in the head of a
guy who is a jerk, doesn't know he's a jerk, and just keeps working
himself jerkier & jerkier as time goes on.

The time is a good bit before the current last book of the series
when Alex is still a Keeper (though he doesn't come on-stage) and
the Council is still dealing with fallout fallout from the White
Rose scandal.

Sonder, just back from a stint in America, is pulled into an
investigation of part of that fallout by straight-arrow Caldera who
needs his time-sight to see how a particular involved person was
killed, who did it and how. Of course the Council wants a
non-controversial answer and wants it quickly while Caldera wants
the real answer and Sonder wants whatever makes him look good,
though he doesn't think of it that way, exactly. Along the way he
decides it would be a good idea to rope Alex's future squeeze Anne
into the investigation and does it in the slimiest way, though again
he doesn't see it that way.

The denouement gives us some insight into what is happening in the
Council, and a a lot of insight into what is happening in Sonder.
4 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Tom P
4.0 out of 5 stars A bad end
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2023
Verified Purchase
When Sonders is called in to assist in investigating a high profile break in he discovers that there is more going on than meets the eye.
Finding the answers ends badly for a criminal, Caldara, the truth, and Sonders' moral compass. Tom out
Helpful
 Report
Timothy Knox
5.0 out of 5 stars Sonder’s tale is intriguing
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2021
Verified Purchase
Sonder was always just the history timesight guy, so it was interesting to get a look from his point of view. Just as we’ve enjoyed learning how Alex’s ability to see the future works.

It’s also interesting to see how his troubles with Alex, Anne, and Luna look from his perspective. While I am still Team Alex, I understand Sonder a bit better.

I’d love to see more stories from non-Alex points of view, but until then, I’ll enjoy this story.

And so will you!
Helpful
 Report
Alex
3.0 out of 5 stars Side story awesome
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2021
Verified Purchase
Love the side story onto Sonder. In first person literature, getting one point of view I never know what the other characters think so this is a nice addition. The story itself was middling, though the insight was nice but it was not a deep dive just a cursory look. Love the series hope to keep following Jacka's future writings beyond this one.
Helpful
 Report
JBohn
4.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't really add to the overall story
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2021
Verified Purchase
This is an interesting side story, in the world of Verus. I was hoping for something that added to our advanced the overall, but Favours is just a little character building for Sonder. Right now I don't see how it could change the character or his story.
Helpful
 Report
Stephanie Dillard
5.0 out of 5 stars I could feel Alex just around the Corner...
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2021
Verified Purchase
A Master Story Teller! Left me wanting more as usual. It was good to get inside of Sonder's head, it made me understand him so much better and even feel sorry for him a little versus wanting Alex to just kill the little weasel and be done with it. Plus this wets my whistle for another Alex Verus Book. I'm missing my main man! Even my seventy year old mother is hooked on him now! More, more, more! (Yep, I'm greedy!) 😁
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Ann
5.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyed this!
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2022
Verified Purchase
I miss the series. Wonderful way to take me back to London. Thanks for the continued writing. Dresden can't compare, lol.
Helpful
 Report
Arref Mak
4.0 out of 5 stars Time is seldom your Friend
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2021
Verified Purchase
Sonder consults on a case and a time mage is better than a detective for getting to what actually went wrong to have murder and theft. But is doing what he does best...best for Sonder?
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English
J. R. Dickie
5.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile addition to the Alex Verus series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2023
Verified Purchase
This story explores one of the supporting characters from the main Alex Verus books. It’s not often that the world is seen through eyes other than Alex’s, so it’s interesting to see the Council politics from a different point of view. I hope that we get more of them.
Report
Ruth Jakoby
5.0 out of 5 stars Bitte mehr davon!
Reviewed in Germany on January 12, 2022
Verified Purchase
In der Alex-Verus-Serie geht es u.a. um Alex'persönlichen Kampf, das Richtige zu tun, für sich, seine Freunde und für die magische und nicht-magische Gesellschaft. In dieser Geschichte geht es um Sonders Kampf um das Gleiche. Es ist faszinierend zu lesen, welche Gedanken, Geschehnisse und persönlichen Kränkungen ihn dazu bringen, sich von seinen ehemaligen Freunden zu entfernen und vom kauzigen, liebenswerten Wissenschaftler zum berechnenden Rats-Mitglied zu wandeln. Und es ist faszinierend, dass der Autor die Fähigkeit hat, beide Standpunkte gleichermaßen überzeugend zu beschreiben. Toll zu lesen!
So in case you read this, Mr. Jacka, thank you very much for this beautifully written peace! In your blog you are musing about writing other side-stories. Please do it!
One person found this helpful
 Report
sarah parker
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in Australia on May 19, 2022
Verified Purchase
Sonder is tedious whiney and the story line disappointing. Even insipid characters are more than two dimensional. I had recognized Sonder as a man who chose not to be brave, chose to remove himself from at risk situations rather than the weak character dipicted here.
Report
Randal
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting if you already know the characters
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2022
Verified Purchase
A side-story from Alex Verus's magical world, this novella features the time mage, Sonder, who was an ally of Alex's in the early books of the series. It's set between Alex's book #6 (Veiled) and #7 (Burned), during the time Alex is working for the Keepers, who police magic in Britain, but Alex never make an appearance. After a year of secondment in Washington DC, Sonder returns to London and is immediately called in to work with earth-mage Keeper Caldera (who is as grumpy as ever). There's been a burglary. Incriminating papers have been stolen and Sonder looks into the past to see if he can identify the burglars. One thing leads to another and we see how and why Sonder follows his head rather than his heart, and picks a side.
Report
Gerry G
5.0 out of 5 stars Totally absorbed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2023
Verified Purchase
If you are a fantasy fiction fan then this is the next series for you. Bought the first book then had to buy the next eleven in the series. Its not often these days that an author keeps you totally absorbed with twists and turns that you just don't expect. Looking forward to reading what ever Benidict Jacka does next.
Report
Report an issue

Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report