Elfhome

Elfhome.� A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons.��Pittsburgh.� A city that has been stranded deep in virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni.� Its population of sixty thousand humans and a handful of elves are pitted in war that will only end in genocide.� Winter is coming.� Supplies are running low.� All political ties are fraying.� Hidden somewhere in Pittsburgh's crumbling neighborhoods, a vanguard of oni are growing in number and attacking from the shadows.�

And children are disappearing.

Girl genius Tinker was once a human orphan, growing up on the Pittsburgh streets. �Now she's an elf princess with all the bells and whistles.� She rules over a melting pot of humans, elves, half-oni, and the crow-like tengu.� Prejudices are rampant, pitting even the elves against each other.� Hoverbike races, concerts of rock and roll fused with elf music, and artist communes of human and elves are proof that Pittsburgh can be a place where races and species can meet and meld in freedom.�

Tinker is determined to make her city a place of such freedom.� She's going to have to kick butt and take names.� And she has to do it quickly.� Seven elf children are already missing -- and the oni eat their prisoners when they outlive their usefulness.�

Tinker uncovers ancient secrets and a web of betrayal as she searches for the children. �The oni will stop at nothing to win, so neither can she.� At five foot nothing, Tinker's greatest weapon has always been her intelligence.� Politics, she discovers, is a battle of wits, and she's heavily armed.

About the Elfhome Series:

���it and intelligence inform this off-beat, tongue-in-cheek fantasy�� Furious action�夙ood characterization, playful eroticism and well-developed folklore�奸ift this well above the fantasy average �� Buffy fans should find a lot to like in the book's resourceful heroine.����I>Publishers Weekly on series debut Tinker

��pencer's intertwining of current Earth technology and otherworldly elven magic is quite ingenious.����I>Booklist