The Shield
Status: Fourth draft prepared for a full developmental/copy edit in May 2024
Current Word Count: 73,741
Genres: Young adult, urban fantasy
Current Word Count: 73,741
Genres: Young adult, urban fantasy
Amy's sixteenth birthday party is a disaster. Her day only gets worse when things start to explode around her as a foul-tempered spirit takes up residence in her mind. Much to her chagrin, she learns from her mental intruder that she's the reincarnated host of the Shield, born to defend against the Sword, and her new powers aren't going anywhere.
The Shield and Sword have been locked in an unbroken cycle of battle, death, and rebirth for millennia. Amy doesn't want to fight anyone, but with the fate of all life at stake, does she really have a choice? She just wants to get into her dream school, not save the universe. As Amy trains and learns what it means to be the Shield, she meets Connor, the Sword's reincarnated host. Connor has spent his entire life training to be the perfect host and until he met Amy, he’d never questioned his fate and faced it with pride. Now that he’s been forced to see things from another perspective, questions are all he has. Trapped together by destiny, Amy and Connor must decide between fighting for the ancient spirits and fighting for themselves. |