Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1317 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Binding: Paperback

Synopsis
The latest stirring instalment of the urban fantasy-thriller series starring Rachel Morgan. A pacey and addictive novel of sexy bounty-hunting witches, cunning demons and vicious vampires. Having barely escaped being skewered by the criminal vampire overlord of Cinncinati, Rachel now has even bigger problems to contend with. The demon, Algaliarept, although banished back into the everafter has infected others of his kind with his interest in a witch who can channel demon magic. Rachel soon finds herself with not one but three hellions on her tail; and one of them is even crazier and more dangerous than all the fairy assassins, weres and vampires on the planet. Published as 'The Outlaw Demon Wails' in the US.

About the Author
The only girl in a large family of boys, former tomboy Kim Harrison invented the first Brigadier General Barbie in self-defence. She shoots a very bad game of pool and rolls a very good game of dice. When not at her keyboard, she enjoys lounging on the couch with a bowl of popcorn watching action movies with The-Guy-In-The-Leather-Jacket. She plays her Ashiko drum when no one is listening, and is hard to find when the moon is new.

Customer Reviews

Catchy
The latest book by Kim Harrison which fans around the world has had fans waiting for what feels like an age. However what will cause some concern is that depending where you're getting it from will depend upon the title to which it will have which will cause no end of confusion as fans chat about the events upon different message boards.

As you've come to expect from Kim's writing its witty, classy and a book that concentrates upon the characterisation and interaction of the principle protagonista and her Investagative Posse. Addictive, fun and above all a story that will amuse not only the fans but open darker doors for which we can only speculate as to how much trouble Rachel is going to wonder into in later novels. However one thing I would say to readers is, if this is your first KH book, don't, whilst it is the newest you will lose out on a whole host of adventure as well as plot points by having missed out the earlier tales. You could read it as a new reader but to do so would ruin the opportunity of reading the earlier novels as certain plot points are gently placed within this book's pages.

Well worth the wait!
I've been addicted to this series since the impulse-buy of "Dead Witch Walking" in my local bookstore one rainy afternoon. I worked my way quickly through the series, and very patiently waited for the paperback edition of this book. (Hubby says I'm not allowed any more bookshelves!) I wasn't disappointed.

This book ties up a few loose ends, and opens new ones. I miss Rachael's vampire boyfriend Kisten, even if he was a bit of a ratbag now and then, and I'm now waiting for the next book in the series to find out exactly what her business partner Ivy will do to his killer when she finds him...she is NOT a happy vampire. I'm also dying to find out how Rachael manages to deal with her demon tutor Al during her demon-magic lessons- there's so much scope for mayhem right there..

A great series, and I'd recommend it highly to anyone who likes the comic supernatural genre.

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it but...
Its been sooo long since the last book that I literally forgot who all the secondary charceters were. I read a lot of fantasy series and the authors have just got to try and speed up!
Anyway - its a great book. As always everything starts off nice and normal, how could a shopping trip go wrong? Well if a demon turns up to kill you thats pretty bad, and then your mom starts flirting with another demon. Rachel's day is not going well. So throw in some Elf issues, a houseful of pixies, a werewolf alpha suggesting pack tatoos and its all back on track.
As the other reviewers have noted the plot sags when the action tails off for a while, but we learn lots of new info in this book so theres plenty of life in the series. I just hope that the on-off relationship between Rachel and Ivy is sorted, the will they won't they always interrupts the plot. As always the book drops another plot bombshell at the end leaving us to wonder how Rachel will cope with the changes in her life, I for one will keep wondering until the next book. I just hope that harrison doesn't keep me waiting too long.