Kate Daniels

probably the clearest influence. Ilona Andrews has said she loved Conan, and Kate's combination of sword-fighting, mercenary work, independence and a brutal supernatural world has a strong Howardian

Ilona specifically lists Tolkien among the fantasy authors she devoured after Western fantasy became available in Russia.

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: this is a particularly direct connection. Magic Bites was initially compared by publishers to Anita Blake, and the early Kate concept clearly sits in the same emerging urban-fantasy/detective tradition. *Moderator note: accepted but Set as LOW as the authors claimed never reading Anita Blake and probably drew from similar influences ; the reason this is an influence to keep on the record is that Anita Blake set the landscape for publishers to like and accept others stories like Kate Daniels/Magic Bites. Therefore this is a commercial lineage claim rather than a creative one.*

The series mixes modern settings with ancient gods, legendary creatures and magical traditions, creating a sort of "what if all the old myths were real?" world