01831oam 2200277z- 450 991015777420332120230913112557.01-63216-354-3(CKB)3710000001009754(BIP)055642428(EXLCZ)99371000000100975420210505c2015uuuu -u- -engBlack Dog BluesDSP Publications1 online resource (237 p.) 1-63216-353-5 The Kai Gracen Series: Book OneEver 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 someone's rescue when something shadowy appears.It's a hard life but one Kai likes--filled 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 he's one himself.But when a sidhe lord named Ryder arrives in San Diego, Kai is conscripted to do a job for Ryder's fledgling Dawn Court. It's 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.Fiction813/.6Ford Rhys1435590Cain AnneothBOOK9910157774203321Black Dog Blues3595447UNINA