在魔法和科技的戰火凌虐下,
亞特蘭大充滿前所未有的致命危險,
幸好有凱特.丹尼爾斯力挽狂瀾。
凱特.丹尼爾斯或許辭掉了人道救援騎士會的工作,卻依舊甩不掉超自然的麻煩——如果有人願意委託她的話。創業比她原先以為的更有挑戰性,更糟糕的是,她的前東家還到處毀謗她,說她因為搞砸了騎士會的計畫而被開除,搞得她聲名狼藉。
此外,凱特的伴侶、佔有欲超強的獸王可倫更嚇跑了許多潛在客戶。
因此,當亞特蘭大頂尖的死亡大師致電請求協助處理失控的吸血鬼,凱特立刻把握住這個帶來收入的機會,但結果事情並不單純;市內數個防禦力場竟同時瓦解,引發魔法族群的恐慌,更危及市民的安全。
這樁神祕事件,竟與尖端調查公司所接的第一個案子有驚人的共同點;凱特必須查個水落石出,而且要快,否則整座城市和每個她重視的人將付出昂貴的代價……
Kate Daniels has quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but starting her own business isn’t easy when the Order starts disparaging her good name. And being the mate of the Beast Lord doesn’t bring in the customers, either. So when Atlanta’s premier Master of the Dead asks for help with a vampire, Kate jumps at the chance. Unfortunately, this is one case where Kate should have looked before she leapt.
★本書中譯版《魔法獵殺》由蓋亞出版。
作者簡介
伊洛娜.安德魯斯(Ilona Andrews)
夫妻檔作家。伊洛娜和高登.安德魯斯(Ilona and Gordon Andrews)共用這個筆名。伊洛娜出生於俄國,十五歲時拿獎學金來到美國,主修生物化學。高登則是道地的美國南方人,高三那年在日本度過,後來投筆從戎,成了美國海軍,退伍後返鄉攻讀歷史,在英語課堂上認識伊洛娜。
兩人結褵十二年,育有兩個女兒,還養了二狗三貓。事實上,伊洛娜從來沒打算成為作家,她的志願一直都是當個科學家,沒想到誤打誤撞,歷經了漫長的挫折和磨難,最後出版了《魔法咬人》,走上作家之路,並且一推出就受到讀者熱烈好評,亞瑪遜網路書店平均 4.5 顆星高評價。本系列第二集更一舉攻佔紐約時報暢銷排行榜,正式躋身暢銷作家之林。
Ilona Andrews is the pen name used by urban fantasy novelist Ilona Andrews with her spouse Gordon Andrews. Ilona was born in Russia and came to the United States as a teenager. She attended Western Carolina University, where she majored in biochemistry and met her husband Gordon, who helped her write and submit her first novel, Magic Bites. Its sequel, Magic Burns, reached #32 on the New York Times extended bestseller list in April 2008. Ilona and Gordon currently live in Texas.