title: Servant of the Shard (Forgotten Realms:  Paths of Darkness, Book 3)
author:  R.A. Salvatore 
description: Think of it as <i>Drowfellas</i>. Backstabbing and internecine intrigue abound as the ambitious members of a shady organization (in this case, the dark-elf mercenary band Bregan D'aerthe) vie for power, struggle to fend off reprisals, and generally cause all sorts of trouble. Themes of redemption and moral metamorphosis keep the plot moving, accompanied by intermittent bursts of spectacular, cinematic violence.
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  GateKeepers, #2
   
  What happens when a warrior woman meets her match?
   
  Harpy Kalindra stumbles upon three human corpses who’ve mysteriously crossed from Earth into
  Outremer through the portal she guards. A human prisoner with two traveling vampires seems her
  only clue. She captures the man, and brings him back to her lair to discover the truth–not only why he
  came to Outremer, but how he got past the defenses of the gate. She expects answers. What she
  doesn’t expect is the intense attraction she feels for him...attraction he seems to share.
   
  Cameron has a secret. For years, he’s used a shard of the gateway to cross worlds without
  detection–for his own gain. When the gatekeeper saves him from the clutches of vampires who want
  the shard, he learns she’s not just another monster from Outremer. He can’t resist his attraction to her
  human form, and before long he’s feeling more than simple lust for her.
   
  Kalindra’s gateway comes under constant attack from creatures who w