<b>Mercenary Kate Daniels must risk all to protect everything she holds dear in this epic, can''t-miss entry in the thrilling #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling urban-fantasy series.</b><br><br>Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She''s made friends and enemies. She''s found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.<br><br>Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones. And when a mysterious box is delivered to Kate''s doorstep, a threat of war from the ancient enemy who nearly destroyed her family, she knows her time is up.<br><br>Kate Daniels sees no other choice but to combine forces with the unlikeliest of al