Atlanta would be a nice place to live, if it weren't for the magic. When
the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear,
while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology
returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all
kinds of paranormal problems in its wake. Kate Daniels is a
down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these
magical problems. But when Kate's guardian is murdered, her quest for
justice draws her into a power struggle between two strong factions
within Atlanta's magic circles. The Masters of the Dead, necromancers
who can control vampires, and the Pack, a paramilitary clan of
shapechangers, blame each other for a series of bizarre killings-and the
death of Kate's guardian may be part of the same mystery. Pressured by
both sides to find the killer, Kate realizes she's way out of her
league-but she wouldn't have it any other way.