A Soul of Flesh and Fur

Elara has survived the harsh streets of Riven by conning and fighting humans, with the help of abilities she knows scarcely anything about, let alone how to control them. On the outside, she appears human, but raging within lies a dark beast ready to swallow her whole--unless she can learn to tame it. For years she thought she was the only one, but when she comes across her own kind, she finds out she is far from alone. Plunged into the mysterious life of her people, the Animarians, Elara begins to find out secrets she'd never imagined--and not all of them are good. Within the realm of the Animarians, Elara discovers lost hope, forbidden love, and the answers to questions she's asked about herself her whole life. But it might all be more than she bargained for.