Fanuilh

When one of Liam's few friends/acquaintances (a wizard) is murdered in his bed, the wizard's familiar bites him on the leg and steals part of his soul. So begins the partnership between Liam Rhenford, a traveler/soldier/poet/historian, and Faniulh, a dog-sized dragon. Faniulh promises to teach Liam some simple spells and such in return for finding Tarquin's (the wizard) murderer. The story isn't long and is quite simple, yet very engaging. The characters are well-fleshed out and cared for and it was fun to read a mystery story in a fantasy setting. This book is the first in the series and comes as part of a trilogy in A Dragon Familiar. If you enjoy fantasy and mystery this is the perfect book for you!

I loved the book. I enjoy fantasy and I also like a good murder mystery. I really do wish there were more books like this.

I bought this book mostly because of the cover, but when I was confined to bed due to an illness, I read it cover to cover almost non-stop. It's a good thing it came as a triliogy because I could not have waited to read the other two. I'd definately recommend this to a friend.

a good book for those that like both fanatsy and mystery. others in the series are just as good, if not better.

Dan Hood is a difficult author to catagorize, and is therefore far more interesting to read. With plots and characters far more suited to the Hard Boiled detective genre, but a setting and environment that is clearly fantasy, this book (and indeed the entire series) has created a new genre, "Detective Fantasy." Liam Renford is a classic hard boil detective. A loner, Liam solves a crime through logic and legwork. True to the detective genre, Liam has a close confidante, but one that is still distant, not quite a friend. Though unlike most detective works, this confidante is not human, but rather a Dragon. It is a captivating book that you can't put down, and when you finish, you eagerly look for the next in the series.