WATTYS 2016 WINNER Untouchable. Stone. Jewel - these are some of the names used for people who are born with a gemstone at the centre of their forehead. This unfortunate phenomenon cannot be detected before birth, it cannot be prevented, if a family has a Jewelled child, there is only one outcome: Before they're sixteen, they will have to leave human society forever and serve "the Zephyr". Among the Jewels there are those who have it worse. Those who sport clear diamonds on their foreheads, the Undefined. The downtrodden, the unlucky - the doomed. Cello Riles and Syianne Locke are both Undefined. On their sixteenth birthday, they each leave their homes and travel across the country to the Zephyr, attempting to go into service. Though aside from the place, or thing, that will take them from human society forever - what IS the Zephyr? There are only questions promised, only shadowy riddles guaranteed. Yet faced with no other choice they must venture forth and plunge into the unknown - the Zephyr. [A big thanks to @stpolishook for being a wonderful friend and helping me figure out how to write a better synopsis] COVER BY Abyss-of-Crazy

The amount of things you never think about really adds up when you are in a place of no return. And for Lyrin, one fateful night changed everything. Welcome to Kress, a land filled with prosperity, trouble, magic, and the ones who wield all--Isols. These ability-users are infrequent, many times detested because of their strict advantages in their harsh world, and such is true for 16-year-old Lyrin Solental, a Duchess' daughter who believes the best way to avoid the discrimination is to hide from it all. But after an attempt for her life, she realizes one thing--she won't ever be safe, no matter how much she tries to hide. Alone, she ventures into the world she'd never explored, finding injustice where she should have seen beauty and corruption where there should have been peace. The people she once helped rule over are suffering, and so is the ground they walk upon. But one single person can't change an entire country, can they? A story filled with adventure, suspense, hatred, and love. When evil comes, who will be the ones to stand up and fight?