Format: E-Book, 350 pages
Release Date: August 30, 2022
Publisher: Melissa F. Olsen
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Urban Fantasy
On a sunny summer morning, nulls all over the country are attacked at the same time.
In
Boulder, Allison "Lex" Luther barely gets her niece to safety. In Los
Angeles, Scarlett Bernard is nearly shot in the back. It seems that a
powerful enemy is unhappy with the Old World leaders' plans to form a
government, and they've coordinated a strike against those rare
individuals who can undo magic itself.
Now Lex, Scarlett, and
their trusted friends have a plan to put these attackers on trial... but
finding them won't be easy, and stopping them means leaving their own
territories behind.
The California null and the Boulder boundary
witch, along with allies old and new, will have to travel to Galena,
Illinois, a small town near the Mississippi River that serves as an
annual playground for vampires.
To protect nulls and safeguard
the future of the Old World, Scarlett and Lex team up to fight a battle
that's been years in the making.
But Galena has secrets of her own...
Old World War is the Sixth and final installment in author Melissa F. Olsen's Boundary Magic series. This is a book that combines two of the authors Boundary Magic series with Scarlett Bernard's series which also had six books. The story begins in Los Angeles where Scarlett and her bargest Shadow are under attack by unknown people. Scarlett believes the people to be skinners, a group of humans who hunt supernatural for sport and money.
Scarlett is a powerful null who has the ability to create a magic free space that turns supernatural human for awhile or permanently. Scarlett's friend Corry Tanger, college freshman, null and sometimes assistant to Scarlett Bernard, is also attacked but manages to survive. Her vampire roommate isn't so lucky. In Boulder, Colorado, it has been 4 months since Boundary Witch Allison "Lex" Luther returned from Atlanta where she formed a friendship with Beau, the Cardinal vamp of Atlanta. Lex also has her own issues, especially with ghosts.
Will, who used to be a were, is missing 6 hours of his own memories and believes a vampire is responsible. Lex's niece Charlie and her father John are targeted by the same group that went after Scarlett and Corry. Someone, it seems, has decided to take the Nulls off the board. Nulls are a volatile commodity in the Old World, and that danger will end up bringing Lex to Los Angeles in a first of its kind crossover event which has been years in the making.
If you have any idea about what has happened recently in the Old World, let me summarize. Dashiell (Los Angeles) and Maven (Boulder) are two Master vampires called Cardinals. They have come together a group of supernaturals, including Scarlett and Lex, along with witches, and werewolves, to create a sort of parliament where those who break the supernatural law can be dealt with in a fair manner. It's apparent that there are those vampires who want to destroy both Dashiell and Maven.
The story eventually moves to Galena, Illinois (real city). With Scarlett on the mend after her shocking attack, Lex, along with Simon and Jesse, take the lead in tracking down the people responsible for the attacks on Scarlett, Charlie, and Corry. This means some old faces like Malcolm from NYC appears. Whenever you go into a series finale, you have to hold your breath for fear that a mayor character will be written off. The plus of this book is that the chapters alternate between Scarlett and Lex and you can definitely see the difference between the characters.
Scarlett's secret being exposed brings her into more danger than she's seen to this point. Scarlett has been through the ringer, but now that she's engaged, and has a daughter, I don't see her being involved as much in every day Old World politics unless absolutely necessary. Same with Lex. Lex has the power over death but she is weary of ghosts who are eager to taste her magic. She is nearly unkillable as has been shown over and over. The only issue is that she feels like the whole world is on her shoulder and misses that what's right in front of her face.
I think for the most part, you must have some idea of what this world is all about, and who the individual characters are to enjoy it. I still haven't read the first trilogy featuring Scarlett, but have read every other book since. I have also read all of Lex's books, but not the companion books that fall between. If this is the final book in the series, for now, as the author says, then it was a pretty good and surprising ending.
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