


Gordon's studies in history and mythology and Ilona's knowledge of Slavic folktales went on to influence the world building and inspiration behind their bestselling novels. He attended Western Carolina University to study history and political science where he met Ilona in a writing course and they began collaborating and editing one another's work and essays. Andrew served four years in the United States Navy as a communications officer. Beauregard who fired on Fort Sumter and started the American Civil War, but most often chooses to goes by his last name "Gordon" since that is what he went by during his military service. He explained in one interview that he was named after the confederate general P. Īndrew Beauregard Gordon was born in Florida, U.S., and spent part of his childhood in the Appalachia region of North Carolina. She attended Western Carolina University, majoring in biochemistry and it was there she met her future husband and writing partner, Andrew Gordon.

Ilona Gordon was born in the Soviet Union and immigrated to the United States as a teenager to attend private school. 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.Ilona Andrews is the pen name of Ilona Gordon and Andrew Gordon, an American husband-and-wife duo who write urban fantasy and romantic fiction together under a portmanteau of their first names.

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. 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. Kate Daniels is a down-on-her-luck mercenary who makes her living cleaning up these magical problems. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it arose, leaving all kinds of paranormal problems in its wake. When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the #1īestselling series featuring the intriguing fantasy world of mercenary Kate Daniels.
