The Stag and the Dark Elf

In snowbound Blackthorn Castle, everyone is gearing up for the wedding of the millennium. The much loved - and lusted-after - Prince Leucan is finally marrying the woman of his dreams, the beautiful Nor princess Ahliya. It seems like a match made in heaven‚ but not everyone agrees. Out in the forest, a strange silver stag is keeping a beady eye on proceedings; while further south, in the shadow-filled woods of Meillion, the dark elf Mirain is hatching yet another of her malevolent schemes.

In this fast-paced sequel to The Scrying Bowl, we return to the tumultuous world of Leucan and Ahliya, where the good, the bad and the badly dressed battle it out for love, riches and immortality. As elves-with-attitude Leif, Krill and Galdyn become entangled in a desperate struggle against the couple's deadly foes, we re-meet old friends like the kindly she-bear Cara and the canny Dwarf Ra-Meer, as well as a host of other weird and wonderful characters, from love-smitten wolves to blue-haired nymphs.

Imaginative, humorous and always engrossing, The Stag and the Dark Elf is a tour de force of fantasy writing.