Ilona Andrews - Magic BurnsNormally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow like a tide. But once every 7 years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. Kate Daniels is a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong. She sets out to retrieve a set of stolen maps for the Pack, Atlanta's paramilitary clan of shapeshifters. She quickly realizes much more is at stake. The stolen maps are only the opening gambit in an epic tug-of-war between two gods hoping for rebirth. And if Kate can't stop the cataclysmic showdown, the world may not survive.
The world has suffered a magic apocalypse. We pushed the technological progress too far, and now magic returned with a vengeance. It comes in waves, without warning, and vanishes as suddenly as it appears. When magic is up, planes drop out of the sky, cars stall, electricity dies. When magic is down, guns work and spells fail.
Вспомогательный материал для тех, кто изучал язык в течении нескольких лет, овладел основными грамматическими конструкциями и словарным составом, но не имел возможности столкнуться с живой английской речью.
This is the first full-length study of the work of gothic novelist V.C. Andrews. Andrews's ability to create adolescent characters who are caught uncomfortably between childhood and adulthood has won her millions of teenage readers. She focuses on the female adolescent experience and connects with her readers by creating characters who reflect adolescent struggles, confusion, and pain. Huntley shows that the power of Andrews's novels lies in her creation of an enthralling nightmare world, like a fairy tale gone berserk, in which the young heroine struggles with adolescent fears and frustrations in suddenly dangerous and bizarre domestic settings.
