
This young adult fantasy novel follows Kern, a werewolf who has spent his life on the run after being rejected by his parents. He seeks acceptance and finds it, along with love, at the Inn of the Yellow Tinker. However, his past catches up to him in the form of a wicked harper who hunts werewolves with dark magic. The story explores themes of identity, belonging, prejudice, and the struggle between good and evil, making it suitable for mature young readers. It contains moderate violence and peril.
His name when he was human was Kern. Now he is the most feared of beings: a werewolf. When the change first came upon him, his parents drove him away with silver daggers. Later, he sought human companionship, but he could not hide the truth for long. And so he kept running until he ran headlong into the deadliest pursuer of all-a harper bent on stealing his life away. By chance Kern was able to find refuge at the Inn of the Yellow Tinker, and the woman he was destined to love. But can he risk both human and harper vengeance to keep her?