Julie’s aim is to defeat Moloch in Atlanta without ever revealing her presence to her old friends or family. An oracle has foretold that if Kate encounters Julie, she’ll die by Moloch’s hand. Absolutely nobody from her old life could recognise her.Īnd that’s a good thing, because she’s going to have to return undercover to Atlanta as Aurelia Ryder to save Kate’s life. She’s now more beautiful, taller, stronger. That’s had big consequences for her: she no longer looks like the old Julie. She also lost an eye to Moloch, the child-eating fire god, whose eye she ripped out in return and popped into her own head. She’s become some sort of royal princess (a ‘princess of Shinar’) and been trained in powerful magic. I remember those being the villains of the piece, so I’m slightly confused as to how they’re now on great terms with Kate’s adopted daughter, but whatever. Now 26 – when we last saw her, she was a teenager – she’s spent almost a decade being raised by Kate’s immortal, psychotic father and aunt. Not that Julie Olsen is a minor character. There’s something special about a series where you might not have read it for years but you STILL remember the basic plotline and even the most minor characters.

Reading this book, though, has made me feel like I really should go back. They’re great books, but I do have a notoriously short attention span, so I just stopped halfway through the series and never returned. There’s no particular reason I never actually finished the Kate Daniels series. And for the most part, it didn’t disappoint. It’s been at least five years since I last read a Kate Daniels book, but as soon as I saw that this book was out, I HAD to have it. But for Aurelia, facing disaster is easy it’s relationships that are hard. One small misstep could lead to disaster. She expected danger, but she never anticipated that the only man she’d ever loved could threaten everything.

So her plan is simple: get in, solve the murders, prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled, and get out without being recognized.

If Aurelia’s true identity is discovered, those closest to her will die. An ancient power is stalking her adopted mother, Kate Daniels, an enemy unlike any other, and a string of horrifying murders is its opening gambit. Now she’s back with a new face, a new magic, and a new name-Aurelia Ryder-drawn by the urgent need to protect the family she left behind. Now, as waves of magic and technology compete for supremacy, it’s a place caught in a slow apocalypse, where monsters spawn among the crumbling skyscrapers and supernatural factions struggle for power and survival.Įight years ago, Julie Lennart left Atlanta to find out who she was.

Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews