Hold the Dark (Markhat, #3)

Demons in a feeding frenzy drive the world-weary Markhat to the brink… A Markhat story. Quiet, hard-working seamstresses arenвЂTMt the kind that normally go missing, even in a tough town like Rannit. Martha HoobinвЂTMs disappearance, though, quickly draws Markhat into a deadly struggle between a halfdead blood cult and the infamous sorcerer known only as the Corpsemaster. A powerful magical artifact may be both his only hope of survival—and the source of his own inescapable damnation. MarkatвЂTMs search leads him to the one thing thatвЂTMs been missing in his life. But even loveвЂTMs awesome power may not save him from the darkness thatвЂTMs been unleashed inside his own soul. Warning: This gritty, hard-boiled fantasy detective novel contains mild romance and interludes of suggestive hand-holding. Hold The DarkMarkhat the finder knows going missing in Rannit is as easy as stepping outside. But when vanished seamstress Martha Hoobin's brothers hire Markhat to bring their sister home, he quickly finds himself face to fang with a murderous halfdead blood cult, a coven of treacherous Church leaders, and a vampire gangster with schemes all his own. Markhat's only chance of survival may lie with a dark magic that brings power, but at an awful price.In a city where the dead walk and the living must stay a step ahead, can a lone Finder survive to earn his fee?