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BEASTS OF PREY
When a beast from the depths of an ancient jungle threatens their home, a headstrong beastkeeper and an aspiring warrior must ally to hunt it down - before they become the hunted.
Everyone knows the Night Zoo, the menagerie full of Eshözan's most fearsome and magical creatures. But few are familiar with its beastkeepers, the zoo's workers who risk life and limb to keep the animals safe - and to keep the visitors safe from the animals.
As the daughter of a beastkeeper, the Night Zoo is seventeen-year-old Koffi's whole world: its animals, its grounds, the temperamental moods of its greedy owner, Baaz. When Baaz threatens Koffi's friend, she loses her temper and control over her hidden fire magic - and the circus goes up in flames, Koffi's future and freedom burning down along with it.
Blamed for the incident, Koffi strikes a deal with Baaz: he will clear her now insurmountable debt, and in exchange she will capture the Shetani - a vicious demon-like creature that has been emerging from the city's surrounding jungle and killing its residents for years - and return him to the circus as its new lucrative star attraction. But if she wants to catch the most evasive and dangerous creature of all, she'll need help - and she might find it in the least likely of allies: Ekon, a wealthy and recently disgraced soldier whose only hope of rejoining the city's elite guard is performing a true act of valor. An act such as killing the demonic monster that has been terrorizing the city.
There within lies the problem: Ekon needs to hunt and kill the Shetani; Koffi needs to find and return it alive; and neither is telling the other the truth. Forging a tentative alliance, they team up and head into the forbidden jungle, where they'll have to find the Shetani fast... because out here, it's not just their future and freedom on the line - it's their lives. And the longer they search, the less clear it becomes whether they're hunting, or being hunted.
Ayana Gray (pronounced: eye · YAWN · uh) received degrees with honors distinction in both political science and African and African-American Studies at the University of Arkansas before traveling around the world to explore and write. Originally an Atlanta native, she now lives in sunny Florida where she writes fantastical stories, follows Formula One racing avidly, and champions African wildlife conservation. She can be found on Twitter (@AyanaGray), Instagram (ayanagray_), and at www.ayanagray.com.
As the daughter of a beastkeeper, the Night Zoo is seventeen-year-old Koffi's whole world: its animals, its grounds, the temperamental moods of its greedy owner, Baaz. When Baaz threatens Koffi's friend, she loses her temper and control over her hidden fire magic - and the circus goes up in flames, Koffi's future and freedom burning down along with it.
Blamed for the incident, Koffi strikes a deal with Baaz: he will clear her now insurmountable debt, and in exchange she will capture the Shetani - a vicious demon-like creature that has been emerging from the city's surrounding jungle and killing its residents for years - and return him to the circus as its new lucrative star attraction. But if she wants to catch the most evasive and dangerous creature of all, she'll need help - and she might find it in the least likely of allies: Ekon, a wealthy and recently disgraced soldier whose only hope of rejoining the city's elite guard is performing a true act of valor. An act such as killing the demonic monster that has been terrorizing the city.
There within lies the problem: Ekon needs to hunt and kill the Shetani; Koffi needs to find and return it alive; and neither is telling the other the truth. Forging a tentative alliance, they team up and head into the forbidden jungle, where they'll have to find the Shetani fast... because out here, it's not just their future and freedom on the line - it's their lives. And the longer they search, the less clear it becomes whether they're hunting, or being hunted.
Ayana Gray (pronounced: eye · YAWN · uh) received degrees with honors distinction in both political science and African and African-American Studies at the University of Arkansas before traveling around the world to explore and write. Originally an Atlanta native, she now lives in sunny Florida where she writes fantastical stories, follows Formula One racing avidly, and champions African wildlife conservation. She can be found on Twitter (@AyanaGray), Instagram (ayanagray_), and at www.ayanagray.com.
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