The Shadow's Birth - Ryan T. Nelson

Rhyven Donough wants one thing in life. Revenge. After his home was destroyed he vows to find and kill the man responsible. Thrust into a prophecy he doesn't care about and expected by some to deliver the world from a great evil.

Jade has been alone for most of her life, traveling from city to town, working when and where she could and helping those that need it along the way. Trained at an early age in the arts of the Assassin she is a formidable opponent.

Keyola is searching for the rarest of ingredients to put together a counter spell for one of his own spells gone horribly astray. How was he to know that adding rabbit fur to that particular transformation spell would have such... interesting consequences?

So what does a boy seeking blood, a skilled Assassin and a Mage with a unique cosmetic issue have in common?

They're about to be set on a path that will lead, either to the worlds salvation, or it's utter destruction. A path thousands of years in the making.

They just don't know it.