The world has suffered a magic apocalypse. We pushed the technological progress too far, and now magic returned with a vengeance. It comes in waves, without warning, and vanishes as suddenly as it appears. When magic is up, planes drop out of the sky, cars stall, electricity dies. When magic is down, guns work and spells fail.
It’s a volatile, screwed-up world. Magic feeds on technology, gnawing down on skyscrappers until most of them topple and fall, leaving only skeletal husks behind. Monsters prowl the ruined streets, werebears and werehyenas stalk their prey; and the Masters of the Dead, necromancers driven by their thirst of knowledge and wealth, pilot blood-crazed vampires with their minds.
In this world lives Kate Daniels. Kate likes her sword a little too much and has a hard time controlling her mouth. The magic in her blood makes her a target, and she spent most of her life hiding in plain sight. But sometimes even trained killers make friends and fall in love, and when the universe tries to kick them in the face, they kick back.
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I love the winter graphic on the header – Curran with the snowballs on his nose, Mahon looking embarrassed at the “kids” playing.
The tweets made my day & I can’t wait until Magic Slays! I swallowed the first 4 books whole via Kindle in less than a week this fall. Then came everything else you’ve written that I could get my hands on the following week.
Please keep it up!
I just wanted to say I love these books, I have thoroughly enjoyed them and have re-read them a dozen times. Kate is one of my favorite characters, and Curran is awesome. I can’t wait to read “Magic Slays”, i know it will be a great read.
[...] Favorite Hero of 2010: Curran from Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels series [...]
I LOVE the humor you guys work into your stories!! I now have to be careful where I read your books because I get a silly, happy little smile on my face while i’m reading your books and often I start laughing out loud. My family are constantly poking fun at me about it. So now when I read around them I have to hold the book up in front of my face to hide my grins.
Your books have fast become favorites of mine, i’ve read everything you have published and you rank pretty high as one of my favorite fantasy authors, alongside Patricia Briggs, Kelley Armstrong, and Charlaine Harris. So yeah, thanks for sharing Kate Daniels and the Edge with me, i’m very grateful, your very awesome. Please keep writing its hard to find your kind of great story telling.
Brown nosing aside, I have a few questions:
Is Kate 7 the definitive last book you will write for this series? or is there the possibilty of more if your publishers buy in again with a new contract? (Same question for the edge series)I know its premature but i’m already dreading the end of the series, although I suppose in the event of an ending, I could be placated with a new series written by you… but it would still be quite sad.
End of rambling.
I have to agree with Kristen, I’ve read all of your books and love them all. (I also find myself smiling and laughing without realizing it)I am going to miss Kate when this is over.
Most annoying. The eBook version of “Dark and Stormy Knights” is actually MORE expensive than the print version! Have publishers lost their minds? I wouldn’t mind nearly as much if I thought the authors were actually reaping the windfall. But I know the publishers are the ones most likely benefiting from the extra cash flow that result when they don’t actually have to print a product.
Chris, the original price of the book was $14.99. It came out in trade paperback. The e-book price was $9.99, which is five bucks cheaper. Amazon has discounted it – I’m not sure why – but #1499 to $9.99 is pretty much standard. You are paying for Butcher’s name.
I brought the books to college with me and lent them to some of my friends. I now have 3 other people who love these books! So excited for Magic Slays, and Hexed looks pretty amazing!
Why is hex being published later than magic slays?
Hexed is an anthology, while Magic Slays is a novel in the series. You can read them in whatever order you choose. There are no spoilers.
Thanks! I can’t beleive I didn’t notice that about Kate books. 3 more to look forward to!
Then a new series, with new characters in the future
[...] Well, aside from the fact that Ilona Andrews rocks, and their Kate Daniels “Magic” series is total awesomeness, I’d buy this book solely based on the trailer because it slayed me [...]
Just want to say i love your books.
I’m from denmark so i pre order the books on the net to get them on the day.
I have told every one i now about them but unfortunaitly you cant get them in danish (jet anyway) so you have to be pretty good at english to read them
well, just want to say thanks for some of the best books i have ever read (and if you ask my family i read to much)
Love Tea from denmark
(sorry if my spelling is bad, it’s the whole danish thing
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[...] on. Before I find myself on the verge of a D.S.S call. Plotting. I enjoy the plots of the Kate Daniels series. I love that I don’t know who the Villain is. Book one, Magic Bites I had no idea [...]
[...] on. Before I find myself on the verge of a D.S.S call. Plotting. I enjoy the plots of the Kate Daniels series. I love that I don’t know who the Villain is. Book one, Magic Bites I had no idea [...]
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[...] can be even more annoying in books, though some authors manage to pull it off with aplomb. The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews, which is some pretty damn good urban fantasy if you like that sort of thing, leaps to mind here as [...]
[...] As a brief aside (and plug for a series I rather enjoy), this was also when I found out that Andrews was offering a novella she wrote, “Magic Gifts,” for free from her website for viewing on different e-readers (including the Kindle, Nook, and any other e-reader that can handle ePub files). Due to agreements with publishers, it is only available for a limited time (and will no longer be available after January 6, 2012). And I have to say that the book is well worth acquiring (and the series is worth reading if you’ve not read Andrews’ line of contemporary fantasy novels yet; excerpts of her other novels can be found here). [...]
[...] Kate Daniels: Okay, Kate’s daddy issues are totally warranted. Her dad is the Big Bad, the chief necromancer, the Sauron of this universe. She was raised by a foster father to know that someday she is the only one who can kill her true father and save the world. If that won’t mess a kid up, what will? [...]
Love your books. Love love LOVE them! You two are an amazing team and I can’t wait for your next story. If only it was possible for you to write a book a day…..
I don’t know how to explain how sucked into Kate Daniels world I am. I read Magic Bites one week ago.. and now I’ve thoroughly neglected my 4 yr old and husband. I read ALL of the books in one week. I’m beyond hooked. LOVE this world you’ve built. Can’t wait for Andrea’s book. I hope she has Raphael begging for her!! HA! P.S.- I think my husband wants compensation… he’s claiming gross negligence.
SO, Love Love Love your Kate Daniels Books, wanted to know when the next one was out? And how many more do you think there will be?
Can we get more of the kate twitter funny?
Love the new website, I having a good look around.
I miss the Snowball fight though, raised a smile everytime I opened your site!!
Good luck