History Literature / TheEdge

* WeaponOfChoice: Jack is offered either a trailing point knife that slashes or a yatagan clip that stabs. He chooses the stabbing one, since he does more damage with his teeth than his claws.

* KnifeNut: Declan owns a huge spread of knives, and at one point manages to bait and then bribe Jack with a knife.

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: In Bayou Moon, the Mar clan can all do this by extending their flash along the edge of their blades. It's called the Path Of The Lightning Sword and never fails to be badass in it's use.

''The Edge'' is an urban fantasy[=/=]romance series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series Literature/KateDaniels. The series is finished and has four books, each written from the perspective of different characters.

Literature/TheEdge is an urban fantasy[=/=]romance series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series Literature/KateDaniels. The series is finished and has four books, each written from the perspective of different characters.

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* AlternateHistory: The Weird's history is significantly different from the Broken's. For one thing, their version of North America has multiple kingdoms the size of a few states, like the Republic of Texas.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Jack is a lynx changeling, and [[spoiler:William]] is a wolf changeling. Since changing in the Edge takes several minutes and is quite painful, Jack has to learn self-control to not react instinctively and change when presented with a threat.

Book two follows Declan's friend William, a wolf changeling in The Edge's version of the Louisiana bayou.

Literature/TheEdge is an urban fantasy[=/=]romance series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series KateDaniels. The series is finished and has four books, each written from the perspective of different characters.

Literature/TheEdge is an urban fantasy[[=/=]]romance series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series KateDaniels. The series is finished and has four books, each written from the perspective of different characters.

Literature/TheEdge is an urban fantasy series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series KateDaniels. The series is finished and has four books, each written from the perspective of different characters.

Rose Drayton's powerful magic has made her a target in the past. Now she tries to live under the radar in the Edge, raising her two younger brothers, Jack and George, and struggling to make ends meet. A Broken man named William is romantically interested in her, despite her gentle dissuasion. Then a flood of magic-eating creatures invades the Edge, and Rose knows she can't protect her family by herself. At the same time, a blueblood from the Weird named Declan Camarine shows up, determined to marry her.

Literature/TheEdge is an urban fantasy series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series KateDaniels. The series is set to have four books in total.

# ''Steel's Edge'' (November 2012)

Literature/TheEdge is an urban fantasy series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series KateDaniels. The first two books, ''On the Edge'' and ''Bayou Moon'', are already out, and they are contracted for an additional two books.

* ''On the Edge''
* ''Bayou Moon''
* ''Fate's Edge'' (November 2011)

* NightmareFuel: the BigBad. [[spoiler: He eats people, and his own flesh is slowly dissolving away as he morphs into...something.]]

-->Go brush your teeth, brush your hair, put on dry clothes, and get the guns. We’re going to Wal-Mart.

Literature/TheEdge is an urban fantasy series written by husband and wife team Ilona Andrews, authors of the New York Times bestselling series KateDaniels. The first book ''On the Edge'' is already out, the second book ''Bayou Moon'' is due out in September 2010, and they are contracted for an additional two books after that.

Rose Drayton's powerful magic has made her a target in the past. Now she tries to live under the radar in the Edge, raising her two younger brothers, Jack and George, and struggling to make ends meet. A Broken man named William is romantically interested in her, despite her gentle dissuasion. Then a flood of magic eating creatures invades the Edge, and Rose knows she can't protect her family by herself. At the same time, a blueblood from the Weird named Declan Camarine shows up, determined to marry her.

* ''Bayou Moon'' (September 2010)

* AlternateHistory – The Weird's history is significantly different from the Broken's. For one thing, their version of North America has multiple kingdoms the size of a few states, like the Republic of Texas.
* AlternateUniverse – The Weird is a mirror universe to the Broken, mirrored so that Florida is in the west and California in the east. None of the characters are duplicated, though.
* BelligerentSexualTension – Rose and Declan like each other in spite of themselves.
* BlessedWithSuck - Rose's powerful flash stands her out from the crowd and makes her an attractive prize to those even more powerful than herself.
* BlueBlood – The hereditary aristocracy are called bluebloods. However, bluebloods are different from nobles in that they must first earn the noble title.
* EngagementChallenge – Declan proposes "the traditional solution" to their dilemma: three engagement challenges. If he loses any of them, he will leave and never bother Rose again; if he wins them all, she must come with him and be pleasant and agreeable. Rose accepts.
* FeudalFuture – The Weird. Present day, but an alternate dimension.
* HiddenDepths – Declan is just another loudmouthed, arrogant bully determined to have his own way, right? Then why is he protecting the children, cooking them dinner, refusing to leave the Draytons unprotected, and defending their neighbors from the monsters?
* KnifeNut – Declan owns a huge spread of knives, and at one point manages to bait and then bribe Jack with a knife.
* LoveTriangle – Declan is an arrogant, demanding earl who drives Rose crazy. William is a pleasant blue-collar worker who sparks nothing in her. She doesn't want either of them, but they still see each other as competition.
* MagicVersusScience – Magic works in the Weird, technology works in the Broken, and they both have limited efficiency in the Edge.
* MeaningfulName – Rose is prickly and standoffish to outsiders, but to her own family she is sweet, gentle and loving.
* NightmareFuel – the BigBad. [[spoiler: He eats people, and his own flesh is slowly dissolving away as he morphs into...something.]]
* [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Nobles Who Actually Do Something]] – Before a Weirdling blueblood can inherit a title, they must serve ten years in either the military or the civil service, and pass the associated exams. Even then the noble title has as many responsibilities as it does privileges.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent - Changelings can change from their human form to a specific animal form at will. In the Weird, the magic is plentiful and the change is instantaneous. In the Edge, the magic is weaker and the change can take several minutes. However, in the Weird changelings are treated like second class citizens, taken away from their families and considered barely more than animals.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent – George, as a child necromancer, cannot bear to let things die. Not even his grandfather, who has to be kept chained in the shed so he doesn't eat dog brains. Keeping so many dead creatures alive is slowly draining the life out of George, but he still can't bear to let go.
* ParentalAbandonment – Mom died, Dad ran off to hunt treasure.
* PromotionToParent – After their father ran off Rose was left to raise her two younger brothers, barely managing to make ends meet.
* SiblingRivalry – Declan and his adopted cousin, who served in the military with him. They were closer than brothers but became estranged in the backstory.
* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar – Mentioned briefly, when Declan remarks that the Weird military has trained their elite soldiers on industrial sabotage, in the rare chance that war between the dimensions should break out.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody – George no longer tries to pilot his zombies, as he gets lost in their minds and forgets who he is.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting – Jack is a lynx changeling, and [[spoiler:William]] is a wolf changeling. Since changing in the Edge takes several minutes and is quite painful, Jack has to learn self-control to not react instinctively and change when presented with a threat.
* WeaponOfChoice – Jack is offered either a trailing point knife that slashes or a yatagan clip that stabs. He chooses the stabbing one, since he does more damage with his teeth than his claws.