This story of a brave young man begins with a trip to a town, an explosion, and a disappearing man. What will become of this farm boy with special talent, since he was the witness of a murder? What will he do when he comes home to find his parents cursed?

"That is all that is left of my humanity, Clara. An image with less substance than a ghost." He seemed to be genuinely upset. "What are you then?" "A Tsal." He said it bitterly, as if it were a painful memory that he'd rather forget. "A Tsal," he said again, "nothing more than a slave." Most people think that vampires are ruthless blood-sucking creatures. I thought so too, before I became one. Now I'm not so sure. Now, I'm starting to believe what they tell me about their purpose. This is my life, and First Death. Read on, and know that what I transcribe is the truth as it happened to me. My name was Clara. Now it is Klarae. Call me either one, I am beyond caring.

I have never had an easy life, I mean, who would, after being the gate to hell for so many centuries?! The only thing that keeps me going, is the totally sexy man, Troy, or well, mer-man... But how could he love me? He's the gate to heaven, and I hell, we're just too different opposites...

The Solavar and the Mardish; two ancient and corrupt elvish empires tottering towards a final, apocalyptic end war known in prophecy as the T'sar; the War of the Leaf. That same prophecy declared that only they who hold the Sword of Blood will emerge victorious and avoid total annihilation. And so they search for the ultimate weapon so the final war can start. The catch? The ultimate weapon is member of the fledgling human race! Can the human pirate Tev Bloodsword discover his destiny and save his own people before the world is consume by the War of the Leaf? *cover art by Ferretlp, part of the D A N G E R D A Y S I N C. cover art team

Once upon a time, a cat fell in love with an ambitious man.