2015 modern fantasy novella in the Kate Daniels series. Derek, now a
vigilante known as the Grey Wolf, and Kate's adopted daughter Julie,
deal with a killer and work out what it is the killer's trying to
achieve.
Although these novellas are usually incidental to the main story,
there are significant facts revealed here: what's happened to Hugh
d'Ambray, and some things that Julie knows but someone else doesn't
know she knows. (These do turn up in later novels too.)
There's a fair bit of action here, and Derek provides yet another
distinctive first-person viewpoint. On the other hand, if you didn't
already care about these characters, they might not be particularly
engaging; they have a lot of history together and separately, and
that's not always explained. Some of the other novellas have appeared
in anthologies to bring in new readers, but this isn't one of them.
There's a hint that Derek and Julie may get a spin-off series now that
the main sequence is complete, and I'll enjoy it if they do; the
combination of personal darkness leavened by chat between the two is
highly effective, and I'd be happy to read more.
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