From the national bestselling authors of "Rebel Fay" comes the sleeper hit series that cross[es] Tolkienesque fantasy with vampire-infused horror ("Publishers Weekly").

"First Roc mass-market printing" -- T.p. verso.Subtitle from cover. Desperate to free his mother from a caste of ruthless elven assassins, half-vampire Leesil leads his companions into the mysterious Elven Territories. Unbeknownst to them, their canine protector Chap brought them together at the command of his kin, the Fay, to forge an alliance that might have the power to stand against the forces of dark magics.

Wynn is determined to recover the ancient texts she brought back from the castle in the Farlands. She must journey to the mountain stronghold of the dwarves in search of the "Stonewalkers."

Magiere is a dhampir - half human, half vampire - sired for the purpose of slaying the undead. Outside the village of Chemestuk, where she was born and raised, stands her father's keep. Within its walls, she hopes to discover the secrets of her past and figure out why a vampire would wish to breed a creature capable of slaughtering his own kind ...But there are those who don't want Magiere to learn the truth - and when her half-elf partner, Leesil,...