A monster hunter who secretly runs a sanctuary for monsters strikes an unlikely alliance to protect it in this rich and enchanting novel from the Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Teller of Small Fortunes and The Keeper of Magical Things. Meixin is a monster hunter who rescues more monsters than she kills. She also hides a secret: she is a monster herself. Faran the Green is a sorcerer with something to prove and someone to find. When a magical reward is offered to anyone who can capture the rumoured last dragon in the kingdom, Faran is determined to win it - with the help of reclusive, yet renowned hunter, Meixin. At first, Meixin refuses the charmingly earnest sorcerer, until she realises that she can use Faran to find the dragon for her own purposes. But when their hunt threatens to expose her sanctuary and her secrets, she must choose a side - man or monster - even if the line between them is only as thin as water . . .