Death of a darklord by Laurell K. Hamilton

Death of a darklord by Laurell K. Hamilton. Science Fiction. Pages 306. I was disappointed. I expected something a bit better. This D&D take off could be lost in the millions of others if it didn't have her name on it. It showed none of her usual spark. Basically a magic user who's been barely using her skills is given a lesson of life that tells her she better start or they'll kill her. Her "family" doesn't approve of magic. She's living with a group of people that have adopted each other as friends so close they are family. They end up getting her some help and all of them trot off to save the world. But everything goes horribly wrong. I'm probably going to end up reading the next one in hopes that she improves. I loved nightshirt and had hoped this would be as good.