Traitor to the blood - Barb Hendee

The adventures of Magiere and Leesil continue as they journey into Leesil's savage homeland seeking the family-and secret burden-he abandoned long ago.

Barb and J. C. Hendee live in a quirky little town near Portland, Oregon, with two geriatric and quite demanding cats. Barb's short fiction has appeared in numerous genre magazines and anthologies. She is the author of the Vampire Memories series. J.C.'s poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction have also appeared in many genre magazines. Visit their website at www.nobledead.org.

This is one of those books for which the term dark fantasy was definitely intended. (Chronicle)

...fabulous entertainment wrought with mystery, adventure, and sharp-toothed wit. (Mark Anthony, author ofThe Last Runeseries)