"Are you human?" The boy looked delighted. "Why are you human?" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Milo is a member of a research team sent by the Genetic Phenomena Centre to the Territory of Tribe 2, also known as TOTU: the land of a tribe of the animal-featured people who are thought to be the next stage of human evolution. The team's goal? To disprove theories that the tribe members are the dangerous creatures everyone thinks they are. But with prejudice, past mistakes, and the wild desert terrain, their task will be anything but easy, and their ultimate hope of having a tribe member return with them may prove to be impossible. **On hold until I get my act together! (sorry, I'm super busy) (send help) :( Chapters are short and sweet (all under 2000 words). Description written by the amazing @_Tally_the_Total_ Set in Australia (go us). Stand-alone book (at least for now). ;) Highest rank thus far: #470 in Fantasy. **

Edited by @KelseyDragon17 Anna lives in a world where by the time they turn eighteen, every man and woman must have a beast bond. Those of them left unbonded are cast out of the city, deemed violent and insane; for if even a rat will not lower itself to bond with you, you must be the lowest of the low. Anna has lived a simple, easy life as the part of one of the most powerful families in the land. Each member of her family had bonded mighty rare beasts, a sign of great power. It boosted them through society's ranks. Her father had bonded with one of the last of the unicorns. Her brother, a manticore. Her mother, a great eagle. Even her adopted sister bonded with a lion. But as her eighteenth birthday approaches, and with no beast having choose her, she must make a choice. Stay, and bring shame upon her and her family... Or leave the city on her own terms. Striking out across the Ashlands, Anna will discover an adventure she wasn't looking for, and a prophesy she has stumbled into the middle of. Can she bring two species who once slaughtered each other together to save themselves? Can she win this battle? Or the ones ahead? Highest Ranking #7 in Fantasy Featured August 18th