"Take Anita Blake, vampire hunter, and drop her into a standard fantasy world and you might end up with something like this exciting first novel."Chronicle
"A mix of The Lord of the Rings and Buffy the Vampire Slayeran engaging adventure."New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson
Magiere the dhampir thought that her nights of hunting vampires were over. Settling down in her newly adopted village of Miiskanow vampire-free thanks to her and her half-elf partner, Leesilshe looked forward to quiet days tending to her tavern.
But far away in the capital city of Bela, a prominent councilman's daughter has been found dead on her own doorstepand all signs point to a vampire. Bela's town council offers a generous bounty to the dhampir if she will slay their vampire, knowing that the battered and burned village of Miiska could use the infusion of cash. Magiere resists, wanting nothing more than to forget her pastand ignore her half-vampire nature. Only Leesil, her partner and confidant, can persuade Magiere to follow her destinybefore more innocents are claimed by darkness. . . .