I can't tell you how much I kept mixing up those two names in my head. The main bad guy of the book is named Varden and he is the leader of a group called Vandals. They are all spoilers, so you've been warned. However, it has to be done because I had problems with this book. It pains me to give a new Ilona Andrews book less than 4 stars. For now, the dance between their families continues―but just one misstep could spell the end of them both.

Expecting to suffer through their uneasy alliance, Ramona and Matias instead discover that they understand each other as no one in their families can―and that their combined skills may eclipse the risks of their forbidden alliance.Īs the two warriors risk their lives to save their families, they must decide whether to resist or embrace the passion simmering between them. Now, deadly, disciplined, and solitary leaders Ramona Adler and Matias Baena must put aside their enmity and work together in secret to prevent sinister forces from exploiting universe-altering technology. Until a catastrophic betrayal from within changes everything. For generations, the powerful families have pushed and pulled each other in a dance for dominance.

But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas. An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.Īt first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise.

Silent blade by ilona andrews