title: Baba Yaga's Daughter and Other Stories of the Old Races
author: C. E. Murphy
description: Ancient rivals, best of friends, best of enemies: dragonlord Janx and master vampire Eliseo Daisani are the threads upon which a tapestry of lives and loves are woven across the centuries. From the coldest Russian nights to the heat of Chicago's greatest fire, nothing brings the immortal adversaries togetheror tears them apartlike a woman.And there is always a woman.Vanessa Grey has been at Daisani's side for decades, but the secrets borne by a witch may be her undoing. Baba Yaga's daughter has plots that are decades in the hatching, but they may only succeed if Margrit Knight, named the Negotiator by Daisani and Janx themselves, will work with her. And there are others: the greatest vampire hunter mankind has ever known, and a woman for whom the Old Races are a wonder to walk away from.Revisit C.E. Murphy's world of the Old Races with ten stories that delve into the past and future of the two most beloved characters from her urban fantasy trilogy The Negotiator!
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  # THE OLD RACES : ORIGINS
  
  
    
  
  
  C.E Murphy
  
  
    
  
  
  **Copyright 2012 by CE
  
  
  Murphy**
  
  
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  # THE OLD RACES : ORIGINS
  
  
    
  
  
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  A Miz Kit Production
  
  
  Copyright © 2012 by C.E. Murphy
  
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  
  Original cover art by Tara O'Shea (<http://fringe-element.net/>)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Author's Note
  
  
  _The author would like to suggest that the_
  
  
  _Old Races Universe_ _stories be read in order of
  
  
  publication, which is as follows:_
  
  
    
  
  
  The Negotiator Trilogy
  
  
    
  
  
  HEART OF STONE
  
  
  HOUSE OF CARDS
  
  
  HANDS OF FLAME
  
  
    
  
  
  Short Story & Novella Collections
  
  
    
  
  
  THE OLD RACES : ORIGINS
  
  
  THE OLD RACES : YEAR OF MIRACLES (July 2012)
  
  
  THE OLD RACES : AFTERMATH (August 2012)
  
  
    
  
  
  BABA YAGA'S DAUGHTER & OTHER TALES OF THE OLD
  
  
  RACES (Sept 2012)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  # THE DEATH OF HIM
  
  
    
  
  
  She was 