Book excerpt: It’s eat or be eaten...literally! Laios nears the bottom of the dungeon and his inevitable confrontation with Sissel, the lunatic lord of its labyrinthine halls. In a succubus-induced slumber, Laios comes face-to-face with the winged lion, the source of Sissel’s power. Laios knows only that the lion is held captive by Sissel in the dungeon’s depths, but it could be the Canaries know a great deal more…With their centuries of experience, the elves’ knowledge could shed some light on the truth of the dungeon and its master—or prove to be Laios’s undoing…!