by Lynne Ewing
Catty has the ability to travel back in time.
Jimena has premonitions.
Serena can read minds.
They are Daughters of the Moon.
Vanessa Cleveland has the amazing ability to make herself invisible at will. Unlike her best friend, Catty, who revels in her power to shift time, Vanessa hates her dubious talent and wishes she were just like everybody else. Despite her misgivings, she meets and starts hanging out with girls, who, like herself and Catty, display supernatural aptitudes. Serena, a punk rock princess, can read minds, and Jimena, a former gang-banger, can see the future. With the help of Maggie, a sort of contemporary fairy godmother, Vanessa, Catty, Serena, and Jimena discover that they are the four Daughters of the Moon, modern teen goddesses of the Los Angeles club scene. Together, they are supposed to do battle with the forces of the Atrox, "the primal source of evil." In this introduction to the Daughters of the Moon series, Atrox flunkies kidnap Catty and Vanessa, who must embrace her goddess ability if she wants to save her friend. There is also a romantic complication as Vanessa is forced to choose between good-boy Michael and bad-boy Stanton, an Atrox follower, who nonetheless has a soft spot for Moon goddesses.
Book 2 - Into the Cold Fire
The followers of Atrox have set a trap for Serena. Once she enters their cold fire, she will become a follower of the dark. Jimena has actually seen Serena entering the fire, which frightens her a great deal. Serena again must fight Stanton, whom she also battled in the previous book.
Book 3 - Night Shade
Jimena was once the toughest chola in East L.A. No longer in a gang, she is still feared by many. Nothing scares Jimena. Nothing, that is, except the reappearance of Veto, who was once the love of her life. That terrifies her, because Veto was killed a year ago by a rival gang. Or was he? Jimena discovers that he has made a devil's bargain, which could cost both of them their lives.
Book 4 - The Secret Scroll
Catty has always wanted to find out who her birth mother was, and oddly enough, she has the power to allow her to do just that. When Catty goes back in time, she not only manages to meet her mother, but she also finds out some very disturbing truths about her identity and her fate.
Book 5 - The Sacrifice
Stanton initially appears indistinguishable from other teens inhabiting seamy Los Angeles streets, but he actually is an Immortal, enslaved in 1239 by the ancient evil, Atrox. Because he entered Atrox unwillingly and through betrayal, Stanton retains human emotions. He loves Serena, a goddess who wields the balance between good and evil. Stanton soon becomes embroiled in a lengthy battle for Serena: Lambert, his own betrayer craves her power; Atrox forces demand that Stanton destroy her; and Stanton fights his human desire for her.
Book 6 - The Lost One
After awakening with amnesia and an overwhelming sense of danger, a teenager discovers that she has the gift of telekinesis and a long-standing war with the evil Followers of Atrox.
Book 7 - Moon Demon
Vanessa's sixteenth birthday is coming up. While most girls would be thrilled at the prospect, Vanessa dreads being one year closer to making the most important decision of her life. Now she is beginning to doubt everything she holds true—her friends, her relationship with Michael, and even her identity. Then she meets Hector, who is more exciting and dangerous than anyone else she knows. Through him, she learns about a side of herself that she never knew existed...
Book 8 - Possession
]Serena hasn't been herself lately. She has been having sudden lapses of memory and acting like a completely different person — one she doesn't like very much. To add to her confusion, she knows that someone has been following her. It all started the night an elderly woman helped her. Now Serena is beginning to wonder, who was that woman? And what has she done to Serena?
Book 9 - The Choice
In a reckless attempt to change the future, Catty drops Jimena into her troubled past -- and into dangerous territory for the ex-gang member. As Jimena runs for her life, she is caught by the police and put in jail. There she is further threatened by a new type of Follower with a shape-changing power she is unable to resist. Her only choice is to break out of jail and hide out with a most unlikely ally—her old gang rival, Payasa. Together they have to save the other Daughters of the Moon before Jimena’s most terrifying premonition comes true.
Coming Out Soon! Book 10 - The Talisman
As Maggie reflects on the difficulty she will have with her final duty as mentor to the daughters of Moon Goddess Selene, she recalls her first battles with the evil Atrox, two thousand years earlier when she was a youth in Athens.
Lynne Ewing is a screenplay writer who also counsels troubled teens. She is the author of the first two books in the Daughters of the Moon series. Ms. Ewing lives in Los Angeles, California.