Daughters of the Moon

Daughters of the Moon is a novel series by Lynne Ewing. The main characters are mortal goddesses who fight an ancient evil called The Atrox. They have different powers, destinies, dark sides and all wear moon amulets. When they turn 17, they have to make a choice to become something more or continue their lives as mortals giving up their powers and their memories of them, as Daughters of the Moon. All of the daughters live in Los Angeles, battling The Atrox and its dark followers. Sons of the Dark is a companion series.^[1]

"Vanessa, Catty, Serena, Tianna and Jimena seem like ordinary girls living in Los Angeles. But they each have a secret. Vanessa can become invisible, Catty travels back in time, Serena reads minds, and Jimena has premonitions and Tianna can perform telekinesis. What separates them from others bands them together as Daughters of the Moon."^[2]

"Vanessa, Serena, Jimena, Catty, and Tianna are five seemingly ordinary girls from Los Angeles. But the truth is that they are all far from ordinary. They each have a secret power that separates them from others - and makes them Daughters of the Moon."

In the series, a blonde Daughter of the Moon and Daughter of Pandora, who stars in Goddess of the Night (Book #1), Moon Demon (Book #7) where she finds out that she started to fall in love with what Jimena's grandmother called the devil, and The Final Eclipse (Book #13). As a Daughter of the Moon, she is able to expand her molecules and become invisible. Eventually, after she helps to defeat the Atrox she is faced with the choice of becoming a guardian spirit or losing her memories of what she is and her powers. She makes the choice of losing her memories and her powers. Vanessa is a good student and loves music, singing, and songwriting: occasionally singing with her boyfriend's band.

In the series, Serena begins with dark hair with red tips then she goes her natural dark brown. She has green eyes and 3 piercings; one in her tongue, one in her nose, and one in her belly button. Early in the series, she's referred to by Morgan as the "Queen of Weird" due to her eccentric style and her side-gig reading tarot cards. She is a Daughter of both Selene and Hekate resulting in her being a goddess of the moon and a goddess of the dark. In the end, after she helps to defeat the Atrox, Serena has to make the choice of losing her memories of what she is and her powers, becoming a guardian spirit, or becoming a goddess of the dark. Stanton asks Serena to rule by his side and become the goddess of the dark and she accepts his offer. She stays in Nefandus with Stanton to make it a world of light.

In the series, Jimena Castillo is the Daughter of the Moon and former member of an LA gang. She stars in Night Shade (Book #3) and The Choice (Book #9). She is Mexican and holds the power of premonition, seeing into the future. She lives with her grandmother in an apartment. Jimena used to be an incredibly tough hood chick with her gang from her neighborhood, Ninth Street, or el Nueve until she learned of her destiny.

In the series, Catty Turner is a Daughter of the Moon and heiress to the Secret Scroll, starring in The Secret Scroll (Book #4) and The Prophecy (Book #11). Catty has the power to travel back and forth through time (chronokinesis). She was abandoned by her birth mother, Zoe Reese, who was a Daughter of the Moon with the powers of telekinesis. She was picked up by Kendra Turner on the side of the road in the Arizona desert. Kendra originally thought because of Catty's power, that Catty was an alien so she adopted her as her own, to protect her.

In the series, Tianna Moore is a girl with the powers of telekinesis who can also use that power to go into other dimensions, she first shows up in The Lost One (Book #6) and in The Becoming (Book #12). She becomes a Daughter of the Moon after she helps Catty get out of Nefandus, the realm of the Atrox. When she first shows up in The Lost One, she has no memory of who she is or where she came from. Ultimately, she pieces together the facts: she grew up in foster homes all over LA because her parents and little sister, Jamie, were killed by Followers when she was a child.

In the series, Stanton is a LA Follower who becomes the Prince of the Night who stars in the book The Sacrifice (Book #5). He was originally an invitus, someone who unwillingly became a part of the Atrox, in the 13th Century. His father, a prince, was hunting the Atrox, leaving Stanton at home. Unfortunately, while the prince was away, the Atrox took Stanton to scare his father from ever attempting to destroy it again. In Goddess of the Night (Book #1), he shows Vanessa his memory of his kidnapping. In his memory, she attempts to free him and for that act of kindness, he can never hurt her. He is in love with Serena, even though their love for each other is forbidden.

In the series, Maggie Craven was the Daughters' mentor and taught them how to control their respective powers. In The Talisman (Book #10), we learn more about her past. Maggie was born in Athens, Greece as Penelope. She is an illegitimate child of Zeus and grew up with her adoptive father and sister, Taemestra. As Penelope grew devoted to Selene, her sister became a follower of the Atrox. She fell in love with a young, handsome soldier named Hector, who later was captured by the Atrox and became the moon demon who tried to marry Vanessa in Book #7. Maggie managed to bind the Atrox to its shadow form for the first time, Tianna being the second. Near the end of The Talisman, Maggie discovers she is pregnant with Hector's child.

In the series, the Atrox is the enemy of the Daughters of the Moon. It wants to unleash diseases, terror, and other horrible things. But to unleash these terrible things it must destroy the Daughters of the Moon. It created Tianna Moore and protected Vanessa Cleveland. It took the form of a human male named Ethan. In the End, the Atrox ends up being defeated by Catty Turner.

In the series, Morgan is introduced in Goddess of the Night (Book #1) as a wealthy, narrow-minded, and snobbish socialite friend of Vanessa's and a student at La Brea High. Catty, Jimena, and Serena dislike her, mostly due to the fact that her mind seems encompassed around nothing but boys and clothes, although Vanessa once noticed that Morgan is deliberately trying to be carefree to cover up her own insecurities. However, she is snide and rude, criticizing Serena Killingsworth on her unique fashion sense although Serena once penetrated her mind and saw that Morgan was jealous of Serena's talent on the cello. She meets Stanton at Planet Bang, and begins dating him, unaware of his status as a Follower. He and the other Followers ultimately steals her hope, and Vanessa brings her to Maggie Craven, the mentor of the Daughters, who restores Morgan's dwindling hope. She associates with Followers on and off throughout the series.

In the series, Collin is introduced in Goddess of the Night (Book #1). He is Serena's older brother and also a love interest to Jimena. His number one passion is surfing, though later in the series he develops an interest in mythology after learning about the Daughters and their mission.

In the series, Wally is Serena's pet racoon who she found on a camping trip. He is introduced in Goddess of the Night (Book #1). He was deserted by his mother and Serena was allowed to keep him because her mom also deserted her.

In the series, Michael is introduced in Goddess of the Night (Book #1). He is a student at La Brea High and a romantic interest to Vanessa. He is popular, on the high school's water polo team, and likes music. He is also in a band, where he plays bass guitar, and they regularly perform at Planet Bang or other parties.

In the series, Kendra is Catty's adoptive mother after she found her wandering alongside the highway in the Arizona desert when Catty was six years old. She owns a New-Age-eqsue store called The Darma Bookstore. She also occasionally teaches at UCLA, since she is a Latin scholar and can translate old languages and manuscripts. Her fascination with space and aliens is what leads her to believe Catty is an alien. She feels its her duty to protect her from a life of government labs and experimentation and, until she learns of Catty's true identity, believes Catty's alien family will eventually come rescue her and let Kendra visit their planet.

In the series, Chris was Catty's boyfriend and the Keeper of the Secret Scroll. His real name is Chryssipus and is from Ancient Greece. He met Maggie on her way to destroy the Atrox and helped her bind it to its shadow (Book #10). Throughout the centuries, he was the Keeper of the Secret Scroll, which he later gives to Catty who is the next rightful heir. He fell in love with her in The Secret Scroll (Book #4). He disappears, but comes back to help Jimena in The Choice (Book #9). In The Prophecy (Book #11), he is held prisoner by Catty's father. He tells Catty that his life is bound to the scroll so that when Catty destroys the scroll, he is destroyed as well.

In the series, Cassandra was a Follower, she was once madly in love with Stanton. She is described as having long maroon hair and icy blue eyes, and has the letters S-T-A carved into her chest with a razor blade when she tried to carve Stanton's name into her chest at Planet Bang before being stopped by Vanessa. In Night Shade (Book #3), she is given an opportunity to destroy the Daughters and gets into the Atrox's Inner Circle for a little while. Unfortunately for her, she fails the Atrox and becomes an Outcast. She is seen on and off throughout the series, with a main part in The Sacrifice (Book #5), causing trouble and such, in an attempt to win Stanton.

In the series, Kyle is Catty's boyfriend during The Prophecy (Book #11) and The Becoming (Book #12). He is first described as a gorgeous high school boy who attracts girls despite his reputation as a magnet for trouble. It is later revealed that he is a servus, a slave in Nefandus. As a servus, Kyle has the ability to read minds. He is also under a curse that forces him to kill any non-resident of Nefandus that he tries to kiss by slowly absorbing their power.

In the series, Justin and Mason are two Followers who killed Tianna's parents and sister. They went back in time to kill Tianna, not aware that she was created by the Atrox. In The Becoming (Book #12), they become Outcasts and want Tianna to go to the Atrox to ask it to let them back into its favor.

In the series, Hector is an Ancient Greece soldier and Maggie's old lover. He fell in love with Maggie and wanted to marry her, but she could not accept because she promised herself to Selene until the Atrox was destroyed. As a result, he challenged the Atrox, to fulfill Maggie's promise and win her hand, but it tricked him and he became the moon demon. In Moon Demon (Book #7), the Atrox summons him to destroy the Daughters but he falls for Vanessa. He tries to marry her and have her rule with him but in the end, Vanessa frees him and he peacefully dies: his ashes are given to Maggie.

In the series, Lambert Malmaris is a member of the Inner Circle and allowed to wear the Phoenix Crest, which makes him very powerful. He is from the 13th Century and was assigned to be young Stanton's guardian knight, a role given to him due to being Stanton's father's most brave and courageous knight. Lambert first appeared in The Sacrifice (Book #5), where he joined forces with Cassandra to destroy the Atrox and take over. In the end of the book his body is destroyed, but since he's an Immortal his spirit lives on as a sphere of blue light and is able to possess anyone. He appears again in Possession (Book #8). Stanton had imprisoned him in his memories of the Atrox but Aura, Lambert's lover, possessed Serena to get close to Stanton and uses Serena's powers to get into Stanton's mind to free Lambert. He is also known as Darius.

In the series, Aura Triton is Lambert's lover. She first appears in Possession (Book #8). She was born in A.D. 1223 to a peasant father, with a jewel clutched in her hands, which subsequently disappeared. Her fate was thus sealed: all good would slip through her fingers. Aura, known then as Ursula, became renowned for her unearthly beauty, attracting even the Atrox, who offered her father great treasures if she would betroth it. With a potion, she has the ability to switch bodies, leaving her victims with gaps in their memories until the transition is complete and the victim's soul is forced into Aura's old body and her into theirs.

In the series, Tymmie and Karyl are two of the first Followers that the Daughters encounter in the series. They were once apprenticed to Stanton but since Stanton's appointment as Prince of the Night, Karyl has not been mentioned. However, Tymmie joins Lambert. In Goddess of the Night he is blond with black roots but in Moon Demon (Book #7) he shaves his head and tattoos "Atrox" on it. In The Final Eclipse (Book #13), he reunites with Karyl to work for Catty's father.

In the series, Adamantis is one of the members of the Atrox's Inner Circle and Catty's father. He is trying to overthrow the Atrox. Despite being on the same side of the Daughters, he never loved Catty and tried to have Stanton, who is next in line to the Atrox, destroyed. Vanessa fights him and he leaves Nefandus but it is unknown whether or not he escaped to Earth's Realm.

In the series, Zoe is Catty's biological mother and a fallen Daughter of the Moon with the power of telekinesis. She is introduced in The Secret Scroll (Book #4). She became frightened of her impending metamorphosis and turned to the Atrox, who promised her the gift of immortality. However, the Atrox sensed that her commitment was made out of fear and tricked her. Zoe had failed to ask for perpetual youth. From the moment she turned immortal, she was condemned to age for all of eternity. She first blamed Maggie for her misfortune but eventually comes to accept that her fate was due to her own lack of courage. As a follower, Zoe falls in love with Adamantis and gives birth to his child Atertra, later known as Catty.

In the series, Derek is a student at La Brea High along with the Daughters. He is introduced in The Lost One (Book #6) and is the romantic interest of Tianna Moore. He also appears regularly in the subsequent books. He is one of the few characters close to the Daughters who know of their true identities and mission, after being kidnapped with Tianna by Followers. His love of adventure, along with being vouched for by Tianna, is what prevents him from getting his memories of their true identities pushed from remembrance by Serena.

• UK and Canada: The same as the US
• France: Les Filles de la Lune
• Germany: Magic Friends
• Sweden: Måndöttrar

Daughters of the Moon & Sons of the Dark*:

1. Goddess of the Night (2000)
2. Into the Cold Fire (2000)
3. Night Shade (2001)
4. The Secret Scroll (2001)
5. The Sacrifice (2001)
6. The Lost One (2001)
7. Moon Demon (2002)
8. Possession (2002)
9. The Choice (2003)
10. The Talisman (2003)
11. The Prophecy (2004)
12. Barbarian* (2004)
13. Escape* (2004)
14. The Becoming (2004)
15. Outcast* (2005)
16. Night Sun* (2005)
17. The Final Eclipse (2007)

• Daughters of the Moon: Volume One: Books 1 - 3 (omnibus) (2010)
• Daughters of the Moon: Volume Two: Books 4 - 6 (omnibus) (2011)

• "Tu es dea, filia lunae." - Maggie Craven (Goddess of the Night by Lynne Ewing, Book #1)

• "O Mater Luna, Regina nocis, adiuvo me nunc." (Daughters of the Moon Books #1-13 by Lynne Ewing)

• "Did your electricity go out?" Serena asked, but she already knew the answer. "No, I prefer the dark. You could say the dark is sacred to me." (Into the Cold Fire by Lynne Ewing, Book #2)

• Serena looked through the violently rotating flames and saw Vanessa, Jimena, and Catty running toward her. They looked like goddesses; Vanessa dressed in shimmering blue, Jimena in lightning-strike silver, and Catty in wild strawberry pink, their hair bouncing in silky soft swirls with each step. (Into the Cold Fire by Lynne Ewing, Book #2)

• She looked down at the amulet that hung around her neck. She seldom took it off, but she unclasped it now and studied the face of the moon etched in the metal. Sparkling in the sunlight, it wasn't pure silver but reflected pinks and blues and greens. (Goddess of the Night by Lynne Ewing, Book #1)

• Afterward the two teams went out for pizza. She and Catty shared a double-cheese pepperoni with pineapple and anchovies. They had been best friends ever since. (Goddess of the Night by Lynne Ewing, Book #1)

• In the gibbous moon's glow, her molecules became restless, urging her to give in, become invisible, and float over the city. (Goddess of the Night by Lynne Ewing, Book #1)

• She hadn't understood her power when she was little. She only knew then that she was different from everyone else. Sometimes in the excitement of playing, she'd forget her friends weren't speaking and she'd answer their thoughts. Even now, if she became too happy or excited, she'd answer people's thoughts as if they had said them out loud. (Into the Cold Fire by Lynne Ewing, Book #2)

• That was Jimena's gift. She had premonitions about the future. She was almost always forewarned if one of them was going to have a serious run-in with the Followers. (Into the Cold Fire by Lynne Ewing, Book #2)

• When Catty had first tried time traveling, it had only been in short bursts. Then she had learned that if she concentrated she could make hops in time up to twenty-four hours into the past or the future. (Goddess of the Night by Lynne Ewing, Book #1)

• "You move objects with your mind and go into other dimensions, but you don't believe in magic. You are magic." (The Lost One by Lynne Ewing, Book #6)

• Morning mist was still clinging to the Hollywood Hills when Vanessa stood under the wind chimes on Catty's porch, knocking on the front door. A hummingbird darted around her, then flew to the pink oleander blossoms swaying near the redwood fence. (Moon Demon by Lynne Ewing, Book #7)

• On the street outside Maggie's apartment, Vanessa stared up at the night sky while she waited for her friends to gather around Jimena's car. The clouds appeared to be dissolving as if preparing for the arrival of the moon. (Moon Demon by Lynne Ewing, Book #7)

• Faded moonlight and lingering smoke filled the streets with a twilight gloom, and the hazy gray darkness made her uneasy. She glanced up. Normally the acropolis could be seen from anyplace in Athens, but the overhanging haze now eclipsed it and its invisibility frightened her. She quickened her pace, her lungs burning, and studied the shadows for any unnatural movement. (The Talisman by Lynne Ewing, Book #10)

• Twisted gold and silver bands remained on the delicately carved surface where the gleaming moonstone had once shot out light. Penelope traced her fingers over the gold, wondering who had dared desecrate the temple the week before and steal the stone. (The Talisman by Lynne Ewing, Book #10)

• She started across the agora, her thin leather sandals slapping against her heels. The temporary stalls were empty, but the smells of turnips, roses, olives, and myrtle berries still lingered from the day. Huge administrative buildings surrounded the market on all four sides, but now the distant columns and corridors were silent and filled with dangerous shadows where something evil could have hidden. (The Talisman by Lynne Ewing, Book #10)

• Catty, Serena, Vanessa, and Tianna stood together, their moon amulets blazing, eyes dilated as energy rose inside them. When they locked their arms to combine their powers, a gold aura shimmered around them. (The Choice by Lynne Ewing, Book #9)

• A palpable change filled the air as an evil vibration pulsed through the audience. Hands that had been waving glow sticks stopped. Everyone became still, looking at the phantom silhouette looming above them, their faces filled with fear. (The Choice by Lynne Ewing, Book #9)

• A manuscript sat on the kitchen table. She leaned over and studied the artwork around the borders of the old parchment. Exotic birds and animals were hidden in the rich patterns of gold, red, and blue. She recognized the miniature of the goddess locking the jaws of hell. This was the Secret Scroll. (The Choice by Lynne Ewing, Book #9)

• Stanton released his force with deadly accuracy and speed, sending swift bolts of light in all directions. Sparks flew into the air, giving the illusion of stars crowding the universe. (Possession by Lynne Ewing, Book #8)

• Immediately Followers dove after him, dropping their torches and changing as they fell into phantom forms. Their sinister shapes stretched and soared out across the night until the sky was shrouded with strange ghostly figures. (Possession by Lynne Ewing, Book #8)

• Serena was the key, the goddess who had the power to alter the balance between good and evil. (The Sacrifice by Lynne Ewing, Book #5)

• The Daughters locked arms again. Their power shot out with a blinding light, but before it struck the girl, she snapped back with a wicked grin, turning into a phantasm and slipping safely away. The air convulsed as their power burst into a whirlwind of sparks, twisting into the sky. (Possession by Lynne Ewing, Book #8)

• "I've already made my choice," she insisted. "You see my choice as one between weakness and power, but I see it as a choice between hope and despair." (Possession by Lynne Ewing, Book #8)

• At night, Nefandus had an artificial, gauzy sky that hid the moon because the residents hated its luminescence. In its place, red stars cast an eerie crimson glow over the trees. (The Final Eclipse by Lynne Ewing, Book #13)

• A full moon graced the heavens, but it looked eclipsed, rimmed in red, its luminescence almost gone. Maggie had warned her that if the Atrox ever won, the world, as she knew it, would change. But did that also mean the moon? (The Final Eclipse by Lynne Ewing, Book #13)

• "Control your destiny. Even the bleakest moments can bring you joy if you look up at my moon and understand that suffering is sometimes required to grow you into the person you need to become." (The Final Eclipse by Lynne Ewing, Book #13)

• Regulators and some Followers could turn into shadows and blend with the dark. The shape-shifters were powerful and dangerous. They could read minds, manipulate thoughts, and even imprison people in their memories. (The Final Eclipse by Lynne Ewing, Book #13)

• The frigidus ignis ceremony was the way the Atrox gave immortality to Followers who had pleased it. The cold flames burned away mortality and granted eternal life. (The Final Eclipse by Lynne Ewing, Book #13)

• She glanced up through the shadows at the dying moon. Maybe this was the final eclipse. (The Final Eclipse by Lynne Ewing, Book #13)

• It was almost midnight, minutes before Tianna was to meet her destiny. The storm had subsided and the moon had claimed the sky, its radiance weaving a protective web around her. (The Becoming by Lynne Ewing, Book #12)

• Stanton materialized beside her, his black cape billowing behind him. Emblazoned on his shoulder was a crest depicting two hands holding the eternal flame of evil, the symbol for the Prince of the Night. Sea mist gathered and made a delicate pattern on the silk. (The Becoming by Lynne Ewing, Book #12)

• Black bolts of lightning throbbed across the sky. Afterimages of the jagged spikes stung her eyes. She blinked. How could darkness be so bright? (The Becoming by Lynne Ewing, Book #12)

• Catty entered a vast hallway and waited for the others to join her. Garishly painted wood carvings of grotesque creatures looked down at them from the ceiling. (The Prophecy by Lynne Ewing, Book #11)

• At last she heard a click, and the first drawer opened. A glint of gold caught her eye. The Scroll lay before her. She admired the detailed artwork on the borders, in which exotic beasts and birds with long feathers hid in twisting tree branches. (The Prophecy by Lynne Ewing, Book #11)

• A golden haze hung over the city, and colored its gargoyles, turrets, and rooftops with an amber dust. The sun set, hurling red flames into the black sky. Lanterns hanging from an iron fence sparked, their fires flaring behind the glass in a dazzling fanfare of rainbow lights. (The Prophecy by Lynne Ewing, Book #11)

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