Magic Slays (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Kate Daniels: A mercenary turned Private Investigator/ Curran's mate. Consort. Whatever.
• Curran Lennart: Beast Lord/Kate's mate
• Julie: Kate's adopted ward her magic makes her a walking M-scanner.
• Raphael Medrano: Were hyena. Son of the Hyena Alpha, Aunt B
• Andrea Nash: Former Knight of the Order of Merciful Aid; now working with Kate
• Aunt B: Hyena Alpha
• Barabas: Kate's lawyer/advisor, were mongoose
• Voron: Kate's adoptive father, deceased.
• Roland: Kate's biological father
• Evdokia: a powerful Slavic witch who knows much about Kate's past; related to Kate through marriage
• Derek: were wolf bodyguard, good friend of Kate's
• Adam Kamen: aka: Adam Kamenov, a Russian inventor
• Kalina: Kate's biological mother
• Saiman: an extremely wealthy, ancient, and powerful poly morph; his real shape is a huge pure white being with a blue mane, ice blue eyes
• Jim Shrapshire: The Pack's Chief of Security; were-jaguar; Curran's best friend and second in command
• Mahon: Curran's mentor. A member of Clan Heavy.
• Rabbi Peter: Jewish scholar
• Leslie: a were lynx , a render for the Pack

Quotes edit see section history

• “"He didn't do it because his religion old him to murder people. He didn't do it because he couldn't control himself. He did it out of pure selfish greed, and he didn't feel the least bit upset by it."”

  Kate Daniels

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• “And once you become their Other, you’re no longer a person. You’re just an idea, an abstraction of everything that’s wrong with their world. Give them the slightest excuse, and they will tear you down. And the easiest way for them to target you as this Other is to find something that’s different about you. Color of your skin. The way you speak. The place you’re from.

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• “Humans tend to segregate the world: enemies on one side, friends on the other. Friends are people we know. Enemies are the Other. You can do just about anything to the Other. It doesn’t matter if this Other is actually guilty of any crimes, because it’s a matter of emotion, not logic. You see, angry people aren’t interested in justice. They just want an excuse to vent their rage.”

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• Shapeshifter parenting motto—if your kid slits somebody’s throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear.

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• People, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It’s easy to be a cog in a machine: you don’t have to think, you have no responsibility. You’re just following orders. Doing as you’re told.”

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• Rage is a powerful thing. People get upset over many things. Frustrating jobs, small paychecks, bad hours. People want things; people feel humiliated by others who have the things they want; people feel deprived and powerless. All this gives fuel to rage. The anger builds and builds and if there is no outlet for it, pretty soon it transforms the person. They walk around like a loaded gun, ready to go off if only they could find the right target. They want to hurt something. They need it.”

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• Andrea raised her hand. “This is the hand that slapped Aunt B.” “Maybe you should have it gold-plated.” “Here, you can touch it, since you’re my best friend.”

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• “I don’t trust tragedies much. It’s easy to make a person sad by showing him something tragic. We all recognize when sad things happen: someone dies, someone loses a loved one, young love is crushed. It’s much harder to make a man laugh—what’s funny to one person isn’t funny to another.”

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• Kalina, your mother, she was one of ours. An old Ukrainian family. Your grandmother’s sister, Olyona, married my uncle Igor. We’re in-laws.”

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• “Sometimes it helps to live through it,” I told her. “Find a time when nobody will bother you, and imagine it. Imagine the worst-case scenario in as much detail as you can manage. Let yourself live through it; feel the fear, feel the pain. It’s a terrible thing to put yourself through, but once it’s done, the anxiety goes away. It never disappears completely, but it leaves you alone enough so you can function.”

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• When unsure of the stranger’s intentions, the best policy is to open a meaningful dialogue. “Hey, dickhead! Who taught you to shoot, Louis Braille? That arrow missed me by a mile.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• The Keep: Headquarters and stronghold of The Pack.
• The Casino: Headquarters The People
• The Cutting Edge: Kate's new private investigation agency

Organizations edit see section history

• The Order of Knights of Merciful Aid: a group of knights that protect humans from magic related difficulties
• P.A.D: The Paranormal Activity Division of the Police
• The Pack: The Shape-changers.
• The People: The Necromancers and Necro-navigators who control the vampires
• M.S.D.U: Military Supernatural Defence Unit. Just like police except they are military.
• The Lighthouse Keepers: an anti-magic secret society

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Glossary edit see section history

• volhv: a Slavic wizard
• Lyc-V: lycan virus passed through the saliva from a bite
• M-scanner: A device that scans an area and picks up any trace residue and tells what type of magic/magical being was there recently.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Magic Bleeds .

Preceded by Magic Dreams, and followed by Magic Gifts.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Ilona Andrews (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Char Michael Ward (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

sexual situations, violence

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Magic & Wizards
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Urban
• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Ilona Andrews: Author's website

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