Magic Slays
- Published
- 31 May 2011
- Pages
- 308
- ISBN-13
- 9780441020423
- Type
- novel
About this book
Magic Slays, published in 2011, is the fifth main-sequence Kate Daniels novel. Four books in, it continues the series' tight worldbuilding logic -- the magic/tech wave mechanic has real consequences every book -- while advancing the mythology-driven endgame about Kate's father that pays off across all ten main novels.
Key facts about Magic Slays
Ilona Andrews wrote Magic Slays, a novel on our list. It has been out since 31 May 2011. The book has 308 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780441020423 to find the main one.
Magic Slays is book 8 of 19 in the Kate Daniels series. The series has 19 published books. However, the series starts with Small Magics (2015). Magic Claims is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 13 June 2023.
Additionally, Ilona Andrews writes Kinsmen, The Edge and The Innkeeper Chronicles, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our urban fantasy, science fiction romance and urban fantasy romance shelves. Meanwhile, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is the latest published Ilona Andrews book on file, from 31 March 2026.
About Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is the shared pen name of a husband-and-wife writing team, Ilona and Gordon Andrews, based in Texas, known for fast-paced urban fantasy built around strong-willed heroines and richly realized magic systems. Their best-known work is the Kate Daniels series, following a mercenary who navigates a post-apocalyptic Atlanta where magic and technology cyclically wax and wane, battling shapeshifters, vampires, and gods across ten main novels plus numerous companion novellas. See every Ilona Andrews book in order.
Its place in Kate Daniels
Magic Slays is book 8 in the Kate Daniels series. It follows Magic Dreams. It is followed by Gunmetal Magic. See the full Kate Daniels reading order.
Magic and technology take turns ruling post-apocalyptic Atlanta -- waves of "magic" knock out cars and guns and wake up gods, vampires, and shapeshifters, then recede and let electricity work again, in an endless, destructive tug of war. Kate Daniels is a mercenary who takes on the jobs nobody else wants, hiding a dangerous, mysterious heritage she'd rather nobody notice. She gets pulled into the city's supernatural power structures anyway: the Beast Lord Curran and his shapeshifter Pack, the necromancers of the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780441020423