Elicia M Seawell

Shadows: the Story of the Kayouta Elicia M Seawell

Publisher Marketing: Alone, Nadia Green sits in the shadows of the trees. The almost full moon shines overhead and she's starting to shake. She's not sure if it's nerves or the temperature dropping on the mountain. She knows that her makeshift family is going to be worried sick about her, but she had to escape. It was only a matter of time before he came looking for her. She holds her legs close to her in hopes that it will keep her warm. As she looks to the right, she notices a pair of yellow eyes staring her down. Her heart begins to race and her spine begins to stiffen. The yellow eyes approach and she instantly becomes relaxed. The animal, a coyote, walks to her and sits beside her to keep her warm until help arrives. She nuzzles up to the coyote and whispers, "Andrew, I love you." The coyote looks up with his moonlit golden eyes as if to say, 'I love you, too.' The novel Shadows features Nadia Green, the teen-aged granddaughter of Ellen Walker, a Cherokee Nation Elder in the mountains of North Carolina. Nadia has no idea how far back her roots go with the Cherokee people but she soon learns after her grandmother dies and leaves the cabin to Nadia and her parents. She meets Andrew Swimmer and his father Tsali and soon after her life takes a dramatic turn. She comes face to face with the animals in her dreams and learns about the underlying betrayal that has taken place on the Reservation. Will Nadia be able to continue her grandmother's work to uncover the truth or will her days be numbered as her new found "pack" of friends work to keep her safe? Will she be able to embrace her heritage and be the hero her boyfriend knows she can be, or will she fall victim to the viciousness of the secrets that haunt the Reservation?