• Black Magic Sanction

  • Rachel Morgan, Book 8
  • By: Kim Harrison
  • Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
  • Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (4,032 ratings)

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Black Magic Sanction

By: Kim Harrison
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
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In New York Times best-selling author Kim Harrison’s most complex and nuanced adventure yet, bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan fights a deadly battle—mind, body, and soul.

Rachel Morgan has fought and hunted vampires, werewolves, banshees, demons, and other supernatural dangers as both witch and bounty hunter—and lived to tell the tale. But she’s never faced off against her own kind, until now. Denounced and shunned for dealing with demons and black magic, her best hope is life imprisonment-at worst, a forced lobotomy and genetic slavery. Only her enemies are strong enough to help her win her freedom, but trust comes hard when it hinges on the unscrupulous tycoon Trent Kalamack, the demon Algaliarept, and an ex-boyfriend turned thief.It takes a witch to catch a witch, but survival bears a heavy price.

©2010 Kim Harrison (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

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I do enjoy Rachel's story

For this reread, I thought I would try audible. I have found that I really like that option for some of these stories. I can listen away while doing something else. Multitasking at its best.

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love it

I love this series!! I have it in book and audio. Kim Harrison rocks!! I'll read anything she writes.

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super great book

The Hollows series by Kim Harrison is a grown up version of Harry Potter....so GOOD and just as or even more imaginative as "The Harry Potter" series...this is probably my 3rd time listening/reading of this series....LOVE IT!

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Great series

I hope this series turns into a mini series movie someday. I love it so much

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Another great book by Kim Harrison

I just love this series and this book definitely did not let me down at all. I still miss Kisten but really enjoy all the characters in this book. I love Marguerite Gavin as a narrator she does an excellent job and this series would not be the same without her.

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The first time I didn't give Harrison a 5 star

I have loved the hollows series. I'm a fan of urban fantasy, think Jim Butcher is great, and I honestly question if Kim Harrison is better at it than him. She does such a great job of putting her hero in a place where you know she won't die, but she won't come out of it ok, and how long is this decision going to haunt her.

This book did that as well, but there were some serious pacing issues for me. That, mixed with Rachel's heavy handed "I have to do it because nobody else can even if they are better at it than me, so I'm going to go mess everything up because I can't handle not doing something," really started to bug me. As for the pacing, there was a few chapters where a fight was coming, and she did everything wrong to get her friends hurt. Then, once they had injured the enemies and had them "somewhat" contained, instead of dealing with them she did something to make herself even more vulnerable so she could go off and fix another problem. This problem would have waited, for hours if not for days, and it was this kind of thing that really made me wonder if there was some strange editing at the end, because this just didn't flow well.

Gavin is still the perfect narrator for the series, and hope she does all of them.

Overall, still a great book, but it felt a little clunky compared to her other works. I still will suggest this book though.

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Good series - 2 credits ??

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I have enjoyed all the books in this series. 2 credits however indicates greed on someones part. It is a file I downloaded from Audible. No CD's, packaging or any other hardware that adds cost. So when I see a price of 2 credits I wonder why this book costs more then 99% of the other books on Audible? If not for that issue the overall rating would be 5 credits.

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Give it a try....

Start with book one. Such a great series! i can not wait for the next!!!!!!

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Black Magic or Bust!

Kim & Margurite are the"Dynamic Duo"in this explosive series.Rachel is on a perpetual rollercoaster ride of luck it seems.horrible luck one instance to a miracle the next.No one is WHO they seem to be,not even Rachel.The plot continues to thicken & just keeps getting more & more interesting.I am thoroughly loving this series & it's characters.There is a combination of whit,fun,excitement,sex,dark magic & sorrow which brings us back to that roller coaster ride Rachel is on including all her friends & also enemies.I am so excited to read on & find out more.

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Great listen!

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Very good series and book! Plenty of witchy and vampire action. Character development and world building is phenomenal. The narrator did a great job too!

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