Mist and Magic

Death Before Dragons

By: Lindsay Buroker

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

As a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life. She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet. But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub. The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back. All she knows is that it’s the only witness to her friend's kidnapping.

Val can kick the butts of ogres, trolls, and wizards, but she has no experience taking care of pets—certainly not magical tigers. And as she quickly learns, the cub has teeth like a chainsaw. Soon, everything from her apartment to her seat belts to the hair on her head is in danger. But if Val can’t forge a bond with the cub, figure out what it knows, and find her missing friend, more than her belongings—and her hair—may be at risk.

Mist and Magic is a prequel to the Death Before Dragons series and can be listened to as a complete stand-alone adventure.

©2020 Lindsay Buroker (P)2026 Lindsay Buroker

This prequel is the answer to many questions.

This is one of my favorite series by Lindsay Buroker. As usual, her story grabs your attention and keeps it while answering questions of how certain things came to be in rest of Val's story. Vivienne Lehany does her usual outstanding job of narrating. I highly recommend this and any other book written by this author.

Love this series

Very much enjoyed this short story and how Val and Sindqri came to be together. Excellent reader matched with an amazing story teller. Hope there’s much more to come.