Soul Sentinel

Book One of the World Within Trilogy

Emora, a world rich in mystery and magic, is home to the Novad. They are a warm and passionate people with the ability to shapeshift into their animal guide; their soul sentinel. The Novad share Emora with their lifelong enemy, the Venari. Chillingly beautiful with superior strength and speed, the Venari are a ruthless and vain people who strive for power and perfection. Being so completely opposite in nature, mistrust and suspicion were a constant presence like an invisible wall that divided the two. A tenuous treaty between the two races had managed to exist for hundreds of years without incident... until now. Novad are missing. They know that their enemy is behind the disappearances, but to accuse them without proof would mean war. Kira Wolvrick is Venari, cast out for her physical imperfections and taken in by a Novad family. After the attempted abduction of her Novad brother, Kira decides to take matters into her own hands. Determined to protect her family she is willing to swallow her pride, embrace her Venari heritage and face the very people who had forsaken her. With the help of an unexpected ally, Kira is able to infiltrate one of the most powerful and ruthless Venari noble families. What she discovers there will change her forever.