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As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to keep her investigative business afloat, she must now deal with the affairs of the pack, including preparing her people for attack from Roland, a cruel ancient being with god-like powers. Since Kates connection to Roland has come out into the open, no one is safeespecially those closest to Kate.
As Rolands long shadow looms ever nearer, Kate is called to attend the Conclave, a gathering of the leaders from the various supernatural factions in Atlanta. When one of the Masters of the Dead is found murdered there, apparently at the hands of a shapeshifter, Kate is given only twenty-four hours to hunt down the killer. And this time, if she fails, shell find herself embroiled in a war which could destroy everything she holds dear
**Includes the bonus Kate Daniels story Magic Tests**
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ACE BOOKS BY ILONA ANDREWS
The Kate Daniels Novels
MAGIC BITES
MAGIC BURNS
MAGIC STRIKES
MAGIC BLEEDS
MAGIC SLAYS
MAGIC RISES
MAGIC BREAKS
The World of Kate Daniels
GUNMETAL MAGIC
The Edge Novels
ON THE EDGE
BAYOU MOON
FATES EDGE
STEELS EDGE
Specials
MAGIC MOURNS
MAGIC DREAMS
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Copyright 2014 by Andrew Gordon and Ilona Gordon.
Magic Tests by Ilona Andrews copyright 2012 by Andrew Gordon and Ilona Gordon.
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eBook ISBN: 978-0-698-14640-2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Andrews, Ilona.
Magic breaks / Ilona Andrews.
pages cm. (A Kate Daniels novel ; 7)
ISBN 978-0-425-25622-0 (hardback)
1. Daniels, Kate (Fictitious character)Fiction. 2. ShapeshiftingFiction. 3. MagicFiction. 4. Atlanta (Ga.)Fiction. 5. Fantasy fiction. I. Title.
PS3601.N5526625M34 2014
813'.6dc23
2014009023
FIRST EDITION: August 2014
Cover art by Juliana Kolesova.
Cover design by Jason Gill.
Interior text design by Tiffany Estreicher.
Map by Julie Krick.
Magic Tests was previously published in the anthology An Apple for the Creature.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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To Anastasia and Helen
Dear Readers,
Thank you so much for reading Kates adventures for these seven years. We appreciate your support. Your enthusiasm for the series keeps us going.
Some really big things happen in this book. It reads like the final book in the series, but its not. As we write this, we are under contract for three additional books. Magic Breaks might finish the story arc, but it doesnt finish the story. For those of you who are just coming to the series, weve included a list of characters and From the Journal of Barabas Gilliam, a series summary written from the point of view of one of the series most popular side characters. If you are a long-standing fan of the series, the information in those two sections will probably sound redundant, and if you choose to skip them, you wont lose anything.
Some stories are big in scope, where the future of the world seems to hang in the balance, and some stories are small but no less important. Because Magic Breaks is one of those large-scope stories, we thought you would enjoy a smaller story as well, so we offer you Magic Tests, a short story about Julies adventures in a new school. The fate of the world might not be in jeopardy, but the life of a child is, and we hope you will like the contrast between the two stories.
As always, we would like to thank the people who helped us bring this story to you. Our wonderful editor, Anne Sowards, and our agent, Nancy Yost, who both strive to keep us in line. The senior production editor, Michelle Kasper, and the assistant production editor, Julia Quinlan. Judith Lagerman, the art director; Juliana Kolesova, the artist responsible for the image on the cover; and Jason Gill, the cover designer.
We would like to thank Jonathon Frisby, attorney-at-law, and his wife; Veronique Cantrell-Avloes, attorney-at-law; Noel Goudreau, attorney-at-law, and her husband; Sarah Javaheri, attorney-at-law; Carol Najera, attorney-at-law; Tiffany Murphy, attorney-at-law; Nina Javan, attorney-at-law; and others for their incredible generosity and knowledge and willingness to entertain hypothetical criminal scenarios involving a weremongoose lawyer. We are deeply grateful. Any errors of fact or law are our own.
We would also like to thank our beta readers, who kindly donate their time and skills to help us make the book the best it could be. They are, in no particular order: Ying Dallimore, Carrie Wassenaar, Omar Jimenez, William Stonier, Stella Won, Julie Heckert, Laura Hobbs, Antoinette Hodges, Nichole Walford, Michelle Kubecka, Melody LeBaron, Wendy Baceski, Shannon Daigle, Cathy Thilmany, Jeanine Rachau, Michelle Kraut, and others.
Finally, thank you once again to you, our wonderful readers.
The Pack
K ATE D ANIELS : Main character. Female, approximately twenty-seven at the time of the book. Former mercenary, former member of the Order, currently Consort to Curran, Beast Lord of the Free People, and female alpha of the shapeshifter Pack. Carries a sword named Slayer. Daughter of Roland, from whom she has been hiding all of her life, and raised by his renegade warlord Voron. Kate owns Cutting Edge, a small investigative agency bankrolled by the Pack.
C URRAN L ENNAR T : Beast Lord. Alpha and leader of Atlantas shapeshifters. Male, about thirty-three. Has been Beast Lord since he was fifteen. Turns into a North American gray lion. Blond, gray-eyed, approximately 5'10" with the build of a longtime weight lifter. In human form, prefers hand-to-hand combat with a concentration on grappling, which utilizes his training in judo, wrestling, and jujitsu.
J IM S HRAPSHIRE : Werejaguar and alpha of Clan Cat. Male, age thirty-five; 6'2" and built like a middleweight boxer. Dark skin, brown eyes. Jim moves with an easy athletic gait that belies the pent-up energy and violence waiting just under the surface. Jim is the Packs head of security. He is a paranoid micromanager who sees threats to the Pack around every corner and in every shadow. Has a history with Kate Daniels (nonromantic) going back to their service together in the Mercenary Guild.
B ARABAS G ILLIAM : Weremongoose but member of the bouda (werehyena) clan; 5'9" and slender. Appearing to be in his late twenties, Barabas is very pale-skinned with a shock of bright red hair, usually gelled and spiked atop his head. He has the lean build of a fencer or dancer. Barabas is the Packs lead legal counsel and one of Kates babysitters appointed by Aunt B prior to her death in Magic Rises. Barabas is a skilled knife fighter with an encyclopedic knowledge of laws both human and Pack.
A NDREA N ASH : Female, 5'2", blond. Andrea is Kates best friend. Former knight of the Order and expert marksman. Andrea is beastkin, meaning she is the extremely rare offspring of a female bouda and a hyenawere, a hyena who could shapeshift into a human. In many shapeshifter packs, beastkin are at best tolerated but mistreated, at worst seen as abominations and killed at birth. Andrea and her mother suffered unspeakable abuse and cruelty at the hands of her birth pack. As a teen, Andrea escaped and, disguising herself as human, joined and graduated with honors from the Orders Academy for knights. After the events of
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