The Unbonded [#ShawRocketFundContest]

Theodora Benton had everything she could ever want. Money, prestige, status, talent, education... her life was ideal. She even knew that she was going to become a High guard, the most coveted position in society. All she needed was to be inducted into The Bond.

Kaura Hauata wanted for much. She could not afford luxuries and her scholarship was the only thing that kept her afloat. She longed for the day she could be a part of the Bonded, equal to everyone but the king, instead of being poor little Hauata who got beaten up on her way home from school and couldn't afford a preppy private school uniform.

What will they do when despite their wants and dreams, the Bond doesn't want them back? How will they survive being hunted by the very Guard Theodora was once so eager to join?

In a world where everyone is a blank slate, Theodora and Kaura must learn that is it our uniqueness that makes us human and that to be human is an incredibly amazing thing.

Featuring a racially diverse cast and themes of racial colourblindness, fat-phobia, gender dysphoria and homosexuality.