The Spirit Taker — Robert Lloyd Frankland

The childlike spirit of an ancient elf lord is awakened after seven hundred years and told to prepare for rebirth as the champion of the Dark Lord. A spirit taker comes to Lake of the Torches in the Land of the Three Nations and kills two of its leaders while an ancient sorcerer watches, helpless to prevent it. A spirit guide is forced to seek out a new master. A young borderer is betrayed by the very people he risks his life to serve and is rescued by two beautiful elves, creatures who are thought not to exist. This is the realm of The Spirit Taker, a fast paced first episode in the fantasy epic known as the Wolf Spirit Saga.