Kristi Charish

For starters, she's only twenty-seven. And she lives in rain-soaked Seattle, which is not exactly Haiti. And she's broke. Since raising zombies was outlawed, she had had to eke our a living by running seances for university students desperate for guitar lessons with the ghost of a grunge rocker--who happens to be Kincaid's roommate.

"Ex-archaeology grad student turned international antiquities thief, Alix--better known now as Owl--has one rule. No supernatural jobs. Ever. Until she crosses paths with Mr. Kurosawa, a red dragon who owns and runs the Japanese Circus Casino in Las Vegas. He insists Owl retrieve an artifact stolen three thousand years ago, and makes her an offer she can't refuse: he'll get rid of a pack of vampires that want her dead. A dragon is about the only entity...