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Blood Heir: Kate Daniels World, Book 1
by Ilona Andrews
About this book
From award-winning author Ilona Andrews comes an all-new novel set in the New York Times number-one best-selling Kate Daniels' world, featuring Julie Lennart-Olsen, Kate and Curran's ward.
Atlanta was always a dangerous city. 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.
Eight years ago, Julie Lennart left Atlanta to find out who she was. 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. 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.
If Aurelia’s true identity is discovered, those closest to her will die. So her plan is simple: Get in, solve the murders, prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled, and get out without being recognized. She expected danger, but she never anticipated that the only man she'd ever loved could threaten everything.
One small misstep could lead to disaster. But for Aurelia, facing disaster is easy. It’s relationships that are hard.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B08VRTQ54S
Reader Reviews
January 19, 2021
When approaching a review I always try to think of how to best convey the feelings the book engendered in me and combine that with pertinent information about the story without being spoilery. Especially with books that I love as much as this one (as books that you love are notoriously more difficult to review than the ones were you found many things to criticize) I struggle with putting my impressions into words without resorting to empty industry platitudes. I have read (and loved) everything...
January 14, 2021
This, most recent, foray into the Kate Daniels world is a compulsive read. TBH, everything that the husband-wife duo of \"Ilona Andrews\" writes manages to end up on my must-read list. I think Ilona and Gordon are part of a new wave of authors who care about being accessible to their fans and, like the rest of us, are trying to get through this pandemic with their sanity intact. This book stemmed from a request to the authors from a front line healthcare provider in NYC, NY for a distraction...
January 25, 2021
This book, as the authors point out in the last line of the acknowledgements, is for the fans. And this reviewer, dear colleagues, is a fan. Let me re-emphasize, restructure my text so you can hear me more clearly. I am a fan. Ilona Andrews’ books are wildly popular, and there are certain entry points, series, that we access their work with. As the authors recently pointed out in a blog post, each of those entry points comes with their own fandom. Where you enter the world of Ilona Andrews...
January 15, 2021
I am a fan of the Kate Daniels series and was so happy to read Blood Heir. Set eight years after the epic Atlanta battle, Blood Heir has a new leading character, Julie, who has lived through some harrowing adventures and now calls herself Aurelia. Julie returns to Atlanta because the witch oracle tells her it’s her final chance to save her mother. It’s a plot device to keep Kate out of it, but mostly it made me miss wonderful Kate. I don’t know how self-publishing works, but, the authors...
January 14, 2021
This is a spin-off of the popular Kate Daniels series centered around the grown up Julie (now going by Aurelia Ryder), Kate’s former ward. If you’re new to the Kate Daniels world, the authors (Ilona Andrews is the pen name for a husband and wife writing team) did a nice job layering in the information you need to know, so you can easily start here. Two things to note, though. First, while you don’t need to have read the KD books to read this, there’s a lot of relationship background as well as...
