Night Shift

My name is Raine Benares. I’m a seeker. I find lost things and missing people — usually alive. Finding the specters of six evil mages who escaped the Saghred, a soul-eating stone of unlimited power, was easy. Stopping them before they unleash Hell on earth just may be the death of me.

Being bonded to the Saghred wasn’t my idea — neither is hunting down its escapees. Especially not when one of them is also hunting me. He’s regenerating his body by taking the lives of powerful victims, along with their memories, knowledge, and most important of all, their magic. The dark mage wants control of the Saghred, and if he gets it, he’ll become an evil demigod whom no one can stop. The only thing in his way is me.

One of us doesn’t stand a ghost of a chance.

My name is Raine Benares—and it sucks to be me. The Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that has given me unlimited power, has been stolen by a goblin prince, and with it went my magic. The Saghred is in the goblin capital of Regor, in the hands of Sarad Nukpana, who's on the verge of becoming the most powerful mage ever... just as soon as I'm dead.

Because Sarad can't use the stone while I'm alive. Incentive enough to plan a little trip to Regor with a small band of good friends, not-so-good friends, and outright enemies. All we need to do is destroy the Saghred, kill Sarad, and put a renegade prince on the throne. Did I mention I'll be doing this without magic?

Колдунья средней руки Райни Бенарес — искатель. Она занимается поиском пропавших вещей, людей, эльфов, гоблинов и гномов в городе Мермейя королевства Бренир. Ее бизнес не всегда легален, и в кругу ее знакомых есть сомнительные личности вроде бывшего вора Квентина. Он-то и втравил девушку в серьезные неприятности, украв у известного некроманта загадочный магический амулет, с помощью которого можно найти могущественный поглощающий души камень Сагред. За ним охотятся и эльфы во главе с Хранителем, и гоблины, ведомые верховным шаманом ордена Кринсани. Ставка в этой игре — жизнь самой Райни, поскольку амулет по неведомым причинам не желает с ней расставаться.