Killer's Quest

Cursed to kill, hired to find

He was the world's first murderer. For thousands of years, he's carried the Mark of his crime, a brand with a will of its own that hungers for blood and refuses to be ignored.

Cain has tried everything-rage, exile, redemption, and starting over. None of it has worked. These days he lives alone on a mountain, keeping to himself and feeding the Mark with the occasional bear. He wants nothing from anyone, and he's determined to keep it that way.

Then a pixie goes missing.

Kelryn was a waiter at The Void, the supernatural bar where creatures of myth drink and gossip in secret. Kel was also one of the few who kept serving Cain beer and putting up with his bad moods. When the Black Lodge, an organization that looks after supernaturals, asks for his help finding them, Cain agrees. Not for the Lodge, not for the promise of help with the Mark, and certainly not for the partners they send along, a sharp-tongued young witch named Maya and a dryad named Dex.

The trail leads to the Pacific Northwest and a growing movement of true believers who've been vanishing supernaturals one by one. At its center is Reverend Robert Lynch, a charismatic broadcaster with millions of followers and an unshakable belief that he's doing God's work. He knows exactly who Cain is. And he knows what to do with him.

But Cain has never been good at teamwork, patience, or following orders. And the Mark has never been good at waiting. In a war where one side has the whole world's attention, he's going to have to decide if he still wants to be a killer, or something more.

Killer's Quest is the first book in the Mark of Cain series, and a continuation of the Dark Crossroads urban fantasy universe that began with the Luther Cross series!