For centuries they lived amongst us. The frightful and wondrous, the angelic and bloodthirsty. Living in a reality just beyond the Veil, humanitys myths and legends are caught in a struggle for their very survivalagainst hunters far more powerful than they are.Into this struggle has stepped a New England lawyer who once wanted to be an actora man who both longs for the mortal woman he was to marry and is desperate to rescue the sister whos been taken hostage. Neither hero nor warrior, Oliver Bascombe now finds himself brandishing a magical sword, walking in the company of a woman who sometimes appears as a fox and a man made of pure ice, and dueling with albino giants and winged killers. For in the world of the Borderkindand the realms that exist beyond itOliver is discovering just how vulnerable are humankinds myths, the dire consequences of their extinction, and the reason he was chosen to save them.From the Trade Paperback edition.