The Innocence Cycle series by J D Abbas (#1-4)
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Overview: J D considers herself a modern day abolitionist in the fight against slavery and human trafficking. She has a particular concern for survivors of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. One dollar from each book sale goes to help survivors in the greater Seattle area.
In addition to writing and abolitionist work, J D loves to travel and has been to four continents and fifteen countries. And she’s game for more.
Genre: Fiction; Sci-fi/Fantasy
#1 – Shattered by Shadows
"Giara’s mind tumbled,
fighting to find its way back into her body.
As her eyes slid open,
she searched for clues as to how long
she’d been gone this time…"
Bred and raised as a Gille d’Zhajh, a pleasure girl, Giara has spent seventeen years enslaved to the perversions of others. When patrons carry her off to a secluded, magical forest for a week of brutality, Giara attempts to end her life. But woodland spirits intervene, leading two Guardians of the realm to set her free.
Celdorn, the Lord Protector of the Shalamhar, thinks he must be hallucinating when the swarthy woman they rescue runs away from them and transforms into a teenager then a small child, who wordlessly lays her hand on his heart and awakens emotions he thought long dead. Tortured by past failures, Celdorn has never married, never thought about being a father—until now.
When the Guardians take Giara to a training stronghold full of men—kind, respectful warriors who want nothing more than to help her recover—she is certain she has gone mad. Not only is she losing time again, but the Guardians think she is a Rahima, a shifter, a race not seen in over a millennium. Giara must learn to trust Celdorn and his men—and more importantly, her own mind—in order to stop Anakh, the woman who crushed her life, before she destroys any more innocents. The journey will take Giara into the darkest places of her soul to reconnect with fragmented parts of herself and uncover the powers hidden there—arcane powers for which she is now being hunted…
#2 – Behind the Third Door
Seventeen-year-old Elena is adjusting to her new life as the adopted daughter of the Lord Protector of the Shalamhar realm and his companion, the Prince of the Elrodanar. For the first time, she has friends, a devoted dog, and the possibility of love. With two fathers, seven personal guards, and a keep full of warriors, she should feel safe—but she doesn’t.
The rogue Guardian who nearly killed Elena still hasn’t been found. In addition, Anakh and the remnant of the ancient Alraphim race have vowed to never stop pursuing her until she is theirs again to use, sell, and destroy. While they attempt direct attacks on Elena, a new foe—a race of strange half-human, half-wolf creatures—raids her home village and another Guardian stronghold. Soon reports of missing children and brutal assaults are coming in from every corner of the Shalamhar.
In order to save her new family and protect the rest of the realm, Elena knows she must embrace the shattered parts of herself and learn to use the powers hidden in her inner world. The answers she needs most are in the place she least wants to go—behind the third door.
#3 – Journey to Queyon
Rescued from enslavement and adopted by two leaders of the realm, Elena has found a new home at Kelach and the safety to explore her developing powers. But when a guised stranger infiltrates the keep and threatens her, Elena learns her birth father is alive and will risk anything to get her back, even collaborating with ancient evils.
This revelation sends her adoptive fathers, Celdorn and Elbrion, into the dangers of Penumbra and ultimately leads them to move Elena to the safety of Queyon. Using secret routes, the journey is long and fraught with opposition from Anakh, her eidola, the Zakad, and humans from Elena’s village—all who want to control and use her powers.
The children rescued from Anakh’s compounds also set off for Queyon, via the main trade route, escorted by Guardians and pursued by the same enemies. Mishon, the six-year-old from Greenholt whose father was killed by Anakh’s forces, rises as a leader and protector of the terrified children. Along the way, he receives assistance from the great forest of Alsimion and the powerful beings that live there—and inadvertently discovers a hidden treasure.
Eventually, the two groups converge and face the perilous crossing of the Pallanor Mountains with unexpected betrayals and devastating losses. As Elena knew even before they left Kelach, not all will survive the journey to Queyon.
#4 – Birth of Innocence
Elena is gone. Swallowed by Anakh’s void.
The Guardians’ hopes of saving their realm vanish with her. If Anakh absorbs Elena’s powers, their enemy will be unstoppable.
Their one point of light is Terzhel, Elena’s son. The tiny, mute boy is gifted. Perhaps one day his powers will be as strong as his mother’s. For now, their company must move on to Queyon for the sake of the children rescued from Anakh’s camps.
When they arrive in the Elrodanar haven, the Guardians are stunned to find Elena alive and waiting for them. Somehow she passed through Anakh’s void unscathed and emerged more powerful—and still with child.
Anakh also survived the confrontation. Burning with vengeance, she continues to amass strength, eager to destroy all that Elena holds dear.
As Elena nears childbirth and realizes she cannot defeat her nemesis alone, powers begin to emerge among the rescued children. Guardians, Elrodanar, and allies old and new must work together to help the children heal, hone their gifts, and find a way to annihilate Anakh, or there will be no future for Elena’s newest child—or the rest of their world.
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