Synopsis: "From enemies to... something else. A few months ago, Aliette and her flock of bird shifters forged a truce with James Keeley and his magical detective agency. Now the shifters of Grand Bluffs need his help. There's a new alpha in town, using a previously unknown form of alpha power so strong it's taking down the local shifters like dominos. But what does he really want? James, as a human, is immune to this alpha cult leader's shifter wiles, and James's magical spellgun can thwart the shifters' ability to sniff him out as a human. Going undercover in a shifter cult, James can't take along his usual dragon backup. (And the dragon in question is deeply unhappy about it.) He's going to have to rely on Aliette—who not so long ago wanted to kill him—in a beautiful lakeside resort full of old enemies and new ones, where his survival relies on managing to convince a lot of shifter cultists that he's one of them. Because failure means getting to star in his own personal production of The Most Dangerous Game. And the only ally he has in the cult, Aliette, is one alpha-power brainwashing away from trying to kill him herself. Not to mention that the spellgun, the one thing keeping every shifter in the cult from turning on him, seems to have developed an agenda of its own..." (Source: Amazon.com on 2023-12-06)