num_pages: 246
description: Ever since being part of the pot in a high-stakes poker game elfin outcast Kai Gracen figures he used up his good karma when Dempsey a human Stalker won the hand and took him in. Following the violent merge of Earth and Underhill the human and elfin races are left with a messy monster-ridden world and Stalkers are the only cavalry willing to ride to someones rescue when something shadowy appears.Its a hard life but one Kai likesfilled with bounty a few friends and most importantly no other elfin around to remind him of his past. And killing monsters is easy. Especially since hes one himself.But when a sidhe lord named Ryder arrives in San Diego Kai is conscripted to do a job for Ryders fledgling Dawn Court. Its supposed to be a simple run up the coast during dragon-mating season to retrieve a pregnant human woman seeking sanctuary. Easy quick and best of all profitable. But Kai ends up in the middle of a deadly bloodline feud he has no hope of escaping.No one ever got rich being a Stalker. But then few of them got old either and it doesn't look like Kai will be the exception.
language: English
title: Black Dog Blues
publisher: DSP Publications