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As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels knows how waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. When Kate sets out to retrieve a set of stolen maps for the Pack, Atlanta's... read more
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Characters edit
- Kate Daniels: A mercenary/Order member. Has 6 words of power. Liaison between the Mercenary Guild and Order of Knights of Merciful Aid.
- Bran: Morrigan's Hound. The Bowman
- Curran Lennart: King of the Pack. Beast Lord. Werelion.
- Jim Shrapshire: Curran's second in command. Werejaguar. Works for the Mercenary Guild and Kate often partners with him.
- Julie Olsen: Daughter of Jessica, member of the Sisters of the Crow coven. A sensate - can see magic. Father deceased.
- Red: Teenage Shaman. Supposed Boyfriend of Julie. Streetkid
- Derek: Teenage werewolf. Previously bound by oath to Kate. Works directly for Curran.
- Andrea: Order Representative. Weapons expert. Kate's friend
- Dr. Doolittle: Pack physician. Megmage.
- Saiman: a polymorph - can change his appearance and appear as a man or a woman.
- Maximilian Crest: Kate's ex-boyfriend, fiance of Myong. Plastic surgeon.
- Raphaël: were-hyena, Alpha's son
- Custer: gatekeeper to the Honeycomb.
- Morrigan: Celtic goddess.
- Bolgor the Shepherd: Leader of the Formorians.
- Morfran: Celtic druid
- Ghastek Stefanoff: a Master of the Dead, works for Nataraja. Controls vampires.
- Myong Williams: Crest's current girlfriend and fiance - pack member under Curran. Curran's former lover. Weremink.
- Maxine: receptionist at the Order of Merciful Aide
- Esmeralda: Leader of the Sisters of the Crow coven. Witch.
- Aunt B: Werehyena. Female Alpha.
- Maria: Witch Oracle - the Crone
- Sienna: Witch Oracle - the Maiden
- Bryce: Member of a shakedown team in the Honeycomb.
- Mory: Member of a shakedown team in the Honeycomb.
- Jeremiah: Member of a shakedown team in the Honeycomb.
Quotes edit
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“'His Majesty carried you.' He grinned back. That part was the same, also.”
Dr. Doolittle -
“You want me to ask your ex-lover/homicidal shapeshifter who scares me shitless to let you marry my 'ex-could have been' boyfriend? You've got to be kidding. 'I think you overestimate his opinion of me.'”
Kate -
“And every time we met, something of mine got broken. My ribs, my roof, my hammer...”
Kate -
“If a cultural reference flies over a man's head, does it make a sound if nobody gets it?”
Kate -
“I'm sorry. My dad is dead too. Now climb, young grasshopper, so your kung fu won't be weak.”
Kate -
“Rescued by the Beast Lord. Oh the irony.”
Kate -
“'Secret to shutting you up,' he said. 'I just have to beat you till you're half-dead, then give you chicken soup and' - he raised his hands - 'blessed silence.'”
Curran to Kate -
“Alrighty then. I will just stand over here, out of your way, and hope you don't remember my promise to kick your ass.”
Kate -
“Not only had I just kissed any cooperation from the Pack good-bye, but I had also challenged him. Again. I stopped and hit my head a few times on the wall. Keep your mouth shut, stupid.”
Kate -
“'It helped.' Curran had driven me to drinking. At least I wasn't contemplating suicide.”
Kate -
“When not sure where to go, barrel forward on pure determination.”
Kate
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Nobody keeps the porch light on for me. Nobody hugs me and says, ‘Hey, I’m glad you made it. I’m glad you’re okay. I was worried.’ Nobody cares if I live or die. Nobody makes me coffee, nobody holds me before I go to bed, nobody fixes my medicine when I’m sick. I’m by myself.”
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“People must make their own choices, no matter how wrong those choices are. Otherwise they can’t be free.”
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When you live in chaos as a child, you strive to impose order over the world. Unfortunately, the world refuses to comply, so you have to settle for trying to control yourself, your habitat, and your friends.
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“No thanks. How about I just scream verbal encouragements at you?” I took a deep breath and barked. “No pain, no gain! That pain is just weakness leaving your body! Come on! Push! Push! Make that weight your bitch!”
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If a cultural reference flies over a man’s head, does it make a sound if nobody else gets it?
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“It has to do with good and evil. You have to decide for yourself what they are. For me, evil is striving to an end without regard for the means.”
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toska, a longing so intense and painful, it made me physically ill.
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magic had the potential to give thought and will substance. Faith was both will and thought, and prayer served as the mechanism to merge them and to catalyze the magic, defining it much like a spoken incantation defined the will of the in-cantor.
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“I’m sorry. My dad is dead, too. Now climb, young grasshopper, so your kung fu won’t be weak.”
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deliquesce.” The reeve hissed.
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Setting & Locations edit
Atlanta
- The Keep: Castle-like headquarters of the Atlanta Pack
- Centennial Park: park in Atlanta
- The Honeycomb
Organizations edit
- The Order of Merciful Aid: Knights
- Mercenary Guild: Mercs
- The People: Necromancers
- The Pack: Shifters
- The Covens: Witches
- State Undeath Commission: Organization that keeps track of vampires.
First Sentence edit
The phone rang in the middle of the night.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - 25
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 13 in Kate Daniels. (standard series)
Preceded by Magic Bites, and followed by Magic Strikes.
This is book 4 of 15 in Kate Daniels: Reading Order. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ilona Andrews (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Char Michael Ward (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
ISBN: 0441015832
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Ace
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
ISBN: 0441015832
Page Count: 272
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2799 vol. 3
- Dewey: 813
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Ilona Andrews: Author's website
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