Felisan, Governor of Alpinon, recalls the battle in which he and Jharan were certain they would be slain.On their way to Glenhallow, Eliani and her kindred must pass the battlefield at Skyruach, site of the greatest ælven conflict centuries before. As she and her kin listen to her father, Felisan, tell of the battle, she ponders the difficult decisions she must make when they reach the city where Turisan awaits her. Must she accept and use the mindspeech she shares with him? Should she agree to his request that they handfast? Either way, her life will never be the same.“The Last Stand” was cut from the first novel of the Blood of the Kindred series, The Betrayal. “The Three Shades” is the story of the great waterfall near Highstone, also mentioned in The Betrayal, and first appeared in the collection Many Paths.

Can a lowly gumpaw hope for love with a girl who rides in a jewel-encrusted carrier? investigator Leon, with opposable thumbs and the ability to talk, is possibly the most dangerous cat in the galaxy. He alternates between harassing his human partner/roommate Devin, fighting sleazoid criminals, and flirting with the lovely Leila, a Burmese who lives in the swankiest level of the station. Will he win her heart, and more important - will he win his freedom?

The campus killer is back......and this time bright, sensitive Steve Harrison finds the mutilated corpse. When he realizes the cops suspect him of the brutal murders, he calls a friend for support and is drawn into a secret world of magic, wonder, and dread. A circle of impossibly beautiful men guards the campus against vicious, inhuman hunters. Steve's education, his love life, even his survival is at stake once he learns what the police don't know:The killer is immortal.

Stories of the Ælven. A collection of stories set in the magical world of the immortal ælven: tales of courage, devotion, invention, and love that illuminate and enrich the ælven world introduced in The Betrayal.

"I never should have let them talk me into giving blood."When Manda notices a creepy white-haired goth watching her donate blood, her best friend Lenore panics and drags her to a tiny New Mexico village where she learns the horrible truth-The goth is a vampire...and she's the target.Hiding out in the village with Len's gorgeous boyfriend, Manda meets several of his kindred, strangely beautiful men who call themselves aelven. She is drawn to Savhoran, who is troubled and recovering from an ominous wound, made by another vampire. Can Manda's heart survive the pain of loving an immortal who may himself be doomed?A young adult urban fantasy sequel to Pati Nagle's Immortal.

The noble and magical aelven were riven by war when a rogue clan embraced a forbidden source of magic: the drinking of blood. In the bitter fighting that ensued, the vampiric Clan Darkshore were cast out of the aelven and driven across the Ebon Mountains. Stripped of their various clan colors, they were thenceforth known only as “alben,” hated and shunned. An uneasy peace now holds over the land, but it is whispered that Shalár, the beautiful and bloodthirsty queen of the alben, is readying a surprise attack to win back all that was lost–and none can say where or when she will strike.The fate of the clans will depend on two young aelven lovers, Eliani and Turisan, who are blessed with a legendary gift: the fabled power of mindspeech. But this ability comes with great risks. Time is running out as the alben mount their attack–and their ultimate betrayal.From the Paperback edition.Review“Interesting characters and a fast-paced story make The Betrayal an entertaining read.”—Anne Bishop, author of *Tangled Webs“A rich, intriguing novel.”—Jane Lindskold, author Through Wolf’s Eyes*From the Paperback edition.About the AuthorPati Nagle was born and raised in the mountains of northern New Mexico. An avid student of music, history, and humans in general, she has a special love of the outdoors, particularly New Mexico’s wilds, which inspire many of her stories. Nagle’s work has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Cricket, Cicada, and various anthologies.

What do you do if the most gorgeous guy you've ever seen walks up and asks for help?Len Whiting is smitten from the minute she sees Caeran's amazing eyes. She agrees to help him with research, and then to help him find a healer in rural New Mexico. Only then does she learn he's immortal - an ælven - locked in an ancient struggle with a vampire who's now got his sights set on Len.

The tale of the aelven's struggle against their kindred foes, the vampiric alben, continues...Eliani and Turisan, mindspeakers separated by duty the day after their handfasting, yearn to be reunited as they aid in the fight to hold onto Fireshore. The capital city of that realm has been captured by the alben leader, Shalar, and along with it, Fireshore's governor and Eliani's beloved cousin!Shalar now has her eye on Woodrun, the center of Fireshore's darkwood production. As Turisan races to bring an army to Woodrun's defense, Eliani must rescue the captives from Shalar's toils. Hiding from alben pursuers in the darkwood forest, she encounters a group of exiles, the Lost, who suffer the alben's curse of bloodthirst but strive to follow the aelven creed.Are the Lost enemies or friends? Aelven or alben? The distinctions blur as the aelven approach a conflict that could destroy their hope of holding Fireshore.

Only one will leave the final table...alive.Wild Bill Hickok awakens to the feel of flesh crawling onto his bones. Alive again, in the graveyard in Deadwood on a cold October night, he has an irresistible compulsion to go to Atlantic City.There, in the mysterious and magical Black Queen casino, he joins a rogue's gallery of resurrected scoundrels, all gamblers who were murdered like himself. Will the father of organized crime revert to his bad habits and attempt to take over the Queen? Will Wild Bill finally find out if those aces and eights are winners? Five murdered men sit down to a poker tournament for the highest possible stakes: the right to stay alive.

From the dark depths of the past to the bright hopes of the future, Pati Nagle's stories range across the palette of human emotion. Named for her Theodore Sturgeon Award Finalist story, Coyote Ugly includes fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, romance, mystery, and a few surprises. The rhythms, colors, and flavors of New Mexico enrich many of the stories. Curl up with this collection and your favorite hot cuppa, and prepare to escape the ordinary.

Holly Parker's life changes forever when she visits Enchantment Spring with her older sister Madison. They hike through the woods, and when they reach the spring, Holly's disappointed. A concrete coffin full of water? She expected a pool surrounded by flowers, birds, dancing dragonflies.But fine. They eat the lunch they packed, and lounge around in the sunshine a while. As they get ready to leave, Holly dabbles her fingers in the water.And sees a face beneath the surface.The joy of first love fills her, but Holly's happiness turns to horror when she learns that the government plans to demolish Enchantment Spring. Her passion for Ohlan the beautiful water spirit who inhabits the spring is so strong that she'll gladly risk her life, standing between the spring and the backhoes, to save him.