
Elfhome A world of powerful magic beautiful elves man-eating trees frost-breathing wargs & 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 & 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 & attacking from the shadows Girl genius Tinker was once a human orphan growing up on the Pittsburgh streets Now she&s an elf princess with all the bells & whistles She rules over a melting pot of humans elves half-oni & the crow-like tengu Tinker is determined to make her city a place of freedom She&s going to have to kick butt & take names Seven elf children are already missing — & the oni eat their prisoners when they outlive their usefulness About the Author John W Campbell Award Winner Wen Spencer resides in paradise in Hilo Hawaii with two volcanoes overlooking her home Spencer says that she often wakes up & exclaims " Oh my god I live on an island in the middle of the Pacific!" This says Spencer is a far cry from her twenty years of living in l&-locked Pittsburgh According to Spencer she lives with "my Dali Llama-like husband my autistic teenage son & two cats (one of which is recovering from mental illness) All of which makes for very odd home life at times" Spencer&s love of Japanese anime & manga flavors her writing The Elfhome series opener Tinker won the 2003 Sapphire Award for Best Science Fiction Romance & was a finalist for the Romantic Times Reviewers& Choice Award for Fantasy Novel Wolf Who Rules the sequel to Tinker was chosen as a Top Pick by Romantic Times & given their top rating of four & a half stars