Nothing can break the bond between a familiar and a wizard.

Except death.

Nothing can break the spirit of a bonded familiar.

Except the murder of her wizard.

Someone—or some thing—murdered an elderly wizard who practiced black-market magic, leaving a young familiar caught between her human and animal forms. Twig, a street-wise elf, becomes embroiled in an elaborate game of murder and revenge when she joins forces with the familiar to track down the wizard's killer.

Pick up this short novel today and see why award-winning author and editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch calls Annie Reed "one of the best writers I've come across in years."