When the Count's niece is kidnapped by elves, Kevin, a bard's apprentice, agrees to locate the young woman, unaware that she is not actually the Count's niece and that the elves are not actually elves

Evil forces and temptations threaten the welfare of Gawaine, a young human, and his master, Naitachal, a Dark Elf who had abandoned the sinister powers of necromancy to become the first elven Bard. Original.

Training under the Dark Elf Naitachal, Prince Alaire is sent on a diplomatic mission to discover why a once-peaceful neighboring kingdom, whose ruler has banned the use of magic, is preparing to go to war. Reprint.

Settling into the peaceful role of Bard, the Dark Elf Naitachal, once a Necromancer who gained power by depriving others of their life forces, must deal with evil shadows from his past. Original.

Asked to turn diplomat as the only man his brother, the king, can trust, Bard Alaire investigates the death of the previous ambassador and must journey to Suinomen, from where he once had barely escaped alive. Original.