Her peace could never last.

It shattered when Chalsarda was confronted by the single worst person she had ever known; responsible for every painful memory in her long elven life, now he has poisoned her apprentice and taunts Chalsarda with the cure. If she hopes to save her friend, she must make a deal with the devil and capture a Battle Born. Dead or alive. Nearly indestructible and monstrously strong, stopping a Battle Born would be hard enough but the real problem? This one is innocent.

With no one to turn to and the fate of her companion in the balance, Chalsarda must survive a cunning cult leader, an inhuman assassin, and an enigmatic gunslinger, in her race to collect the coveted bounty. While Chalsarda is vehemently opposed to the task at hand, she’s faced with an impossible decision:

Kill an innocent person, or watch an innocent friend die.

Playing Dead is the third book in The Black Pages. This is a full cast production with performances by Whitton Frank (Empty Threat, Warning Call) Mark Meer (Mass Effect, Vampire: The Masquerade), Lauren Bancroft (The Idiot's Lantern, Historical Hookups), Bonnie Gordon (Street Fighter, Mighty Magiswords), Becca Scott (Game the Game, Vampire: The Masquerade), Kevin Kittridge (The Idiot's Lantern, Short Term), Thomas Hamilton (United Dance Party, Fam Club), and Joseph Limbaugh (ACME Saturday Night. Game the Game)"