title: Dead Man's Deal: The Asylum Tales
author:  Jocelynn Drake 
description: [T]he clever, complex story intrigues (Publishers Weekly)<br /><br />Gritty, authentic and fast-paced! This urban fantasy series rocks! (J.R. Ward)<br /><br />A lot of fun, with a whole new take on the dark urban fantasy. Bright and breezy, with fascinating characters, and a background with hidden depths. Drake puts the ink in incredible. (Simon R. Green)<br /><br />Angels Ink is an other-earthly blend of magic and technology in the best tradition of urban fantasy that refused to let me go. The continuing Asylum Tales promise to be intriguing and wildly inventive. (Kim Harrison)<br /><br />Jocelynn is amazing at fleshing out plots, subplots and characters. (USA Today)<br /><br />Expert storyteller Drake invites readers to join her in a spirited and spellbinding new series. The author does a great job of introducing her mesmerizing new world and then filling it with a truly compelling cast of characters. She is on track to deliver another outstanding and inventive series. (Romantic Times BOOKclub)<br /><br />Drake kicks off a new urban fantasy series with a strong first title....definitely check out this series from the popular Drake. (Booklist)<br /><br />Drake (the Dark Days vampire series) very ably spins a series launch .stirs up trouble that sends the plot caroming with ferocious intensity to a satisfying but open-ended conclusion. (Publishers Weekly)
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  The Dead, the Damned, and the Forgotten
  
  
  A NOVELLA
  
  
  Jocelynn Drake
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  [Chapter 1](ch01.xhtml#ch01)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](ch02.xhtml#ch02)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](ch03.xhtml#ch03)
  
  
  [Chapter 4](ch04.xhtml#ch04)
  
  
  [Chapter 5](ch05.xhtml#ch05)
  
  
  [Chapter 6](ch06.xhtml#ch06)
  
  
  [Chapter 7](ch07.xhtml#ch07)
  
  
  [Chapter 8](ch08.xhtml#ch08)
  
  
  [Chapter 9](ch09.xhtml#ch09)
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](ata01.xhtml#ata01)
  
  
  [Also by Jocelynn Drake](alsoby01.xhtml#alsoby01)
  
  
  [Copyright](copy01.xhtml#copy01)
  
  
  [About the Publisher](atp01.xhtml#atp01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](contents.xhtml#ch_01)
  
  
  
  
  
  A body was waiting for me at the morgue.
  
  
  That wasn’t the type of message I was expecting to receive when I awoke at
  sunset, but there was no avoiding it. My voice mail contained a semi-polite
  message from Archibald Deacon, Savannah’s coroner, informing me that a
  nightwalker had just been delivered