Magic Strikes

Zusatztext Praise for Ilona Andrews and the #1 New York Times Bestselling Kate Daniels Novels “Ilona Andrews's books are guaranteed good reads.”—Patricia Briggs! #1 New York Times bestselling author  “Kate is a great kick-ass heroine.”— Locus “One of the brightest voices in urban fantasy...Ilona Andrews delivers only the best.”—Jeaniene Frost! New York Times bestselling author “One of the best urban fantasy series ever written!”— RT Book Reviews “Andrews's edgy series stands apart.”— Library Journal “Urban fantasy absolutely does not get much better than this.”—SF Signal “I can’t think of another series so consistent! so well written! so full of wit and action and drama that always manages to give me exactly what I’m needing.”—Fiction Vixen Informationen zum Autor Ilona Andrews Klappentext When magic strikes and Atlanta goes to pieces, it's a job for mercenary Kate Daniels in this thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with these days. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that's saying a lot. But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet. As her investigation leads her to the Midnight Games-an invitation only, no holds barred, ultimate preternatural fighting tournament-she and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, uncover a dark plot that may forever alter the face of Atlanta's shapeshifting community...CHAPTER 1 SOME DAYS MY JOB WAS HARDER THAN OTHERS. I tapped the ladder with my hand. "See? It's very sturdy, Mrs. McSweeney. You can come down now." Mrs. McSweeney looked at me from the top of the tele­phone pole, having obvious doubts about the ladder's and my reliability. Thin, bird–boned, she had to be past seventy. The wind stirred the nimbus of ne white hair around her head and blew open her nightgown, presenting me with sights better left unseen. "Mrs. McSweeney, I wish you would come down." She arched her back and sucked in a deep breath. Not again. I sat on the ground and clamped my hands over my ears. The wail cut through the stillness of the night, sharp like a knife. It hammered the windows of the apartment build­ings, wringing a high–pitched hum from the glass. Down the street, dogs yowled as one, matching the cry with un­natural harmony. The lament built, swelling like an avalanche, until I could hear nothing but its complex, layered chorus: the lonely howl of a wolf, the forlorn shriek of a bird, the heart–wrenching cry of a child. She wailed and wailed, as if her heart were being torn out of her chest, lling me with despair. The magic wave ended. One moment it saturated the world, giving potency to Mrs. McSweeney's cry, and the next it vanished without warning, gone like a line drawn in the sand just before the surf licked it. The technology reasserted itself. The blue feylantern hanging from the top of the pole went dark, as the magic–charged air lost its potency. Electric lights came on in the apartment building. It was called post–Shift resonance: magic drowned the world in a wave, snufng out anything complex and technological, smothering car engines, jamming automatic weapons, and eroding tall buildings. Mages red ice bolts, skyscrapers fell, and wards ared into life, keeping undesirables from my house. And then, just like that, the magic would vanish, leaving monsters in its wake. Nobody could predict when it would reappear and nobody could prevent it. All we could do was cope with an insane tarantella of magic and technology. That was why I carried a sword. It always worked. The last echoes of the cry bounced from the brick walls and died. Mrs. McSweeney stared at me with sad eye...

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Praise for Ilona Andrews and the #1 New York Times Bestselling Kate Daniels Novels

Ilona Andrews's books are guaranteed good reads. Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author 

Kate is a great kick-ass heroine. Locus

One of the brightest voices in urban fantasy...Ilona Andrews delivers only the best. Jeaniene Frost, New York Times bestselling author

One of the best urban fantasy series ever written! RT Book Reviews

Andrews's edgy series stands apart. Library Journal

Urban fantasy absolutely does not get much better than this. SF Signal

I can t think of another series so consistent, so well written, so full of wit and action and drama that always manages to give me exactly what I m needing. Fiction Vixen

Product details

• Authors: Ilona Andrews
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2009
• EAN: 9780441017027
• ISBN: 978-0-441-01702-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 173 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Ace Books; Kate Daniels; Stadt der Finsternis; Kate Daniels Novels; Kate Daniels; Stadt der Finsternis
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy