The Empty Crown

Omnibus edition of the first three (The Sword of Maiden's Tears, The Cup of Morning Shadows, and The Cloak of Night and Daggers) of what was intended to be twelve novels in the author's Twelve Treasures series. An elven mugging victim appears in modern-day New York City, drawing Ruth Marlowe and four of her fellow library school students into an epic adventure involving conspiracies both elven and human.