A life-loving wood elf and a life-leeching necromancer. It’s a match made in hell…or the latest dating app. Their skills are polar opposites. He communes with nature. She communes with the dead. If they can overcome their differences, their powers will pair perfectly. And that’s precisely what Delta Underground Operatives needs: a crazy powerful assassin team who can save the world… Timmeron: For over 800 years, I’ve embraced life and opposed all who deny it, so joining DUO was an easy choice. Even easier, since I was already running from a secret left long behind in the elven realm. I haven’t shared it with anyone, especially my human dualcaster partner. She thinks I’m pure goodness, and I don’t have the courage to tell her the truth. To be honest, I don’t have the courage to tell her a lot of things. Our dualcasting partnership – and our lives – depends on my secrets staying just that. Val: I learned all about the necromantic arts, but I refuse to mess with zombies, because gross. I also won’t read minds. Been there, done that, got the scars to prove it. I’ll happily dispatch anyone trying to destroy the world. But work with a hippy dippy wood elf? My Magic 8 Ball says “Not for all the jalapeño chips in the world” (and I LOVE jalapeño chips). Unfortunately, I’m stuck with the tree-hugging, long-eared lug, so I’ve got to figure out how to make this work. And soon, too—completing our latest assignment demands we trust each other like never before. He delivers life with a touch. She can sap it from across the room. DUO knows Timmeron and Val are the perfect team, even if they don’t.