When a job opportunity opens up for a prestigious position as the General’s Assistant, fourteen year old Semara Naomi is tempted try for it. But there are many things standing in her way.
As a maid she is destined by the social hierarchy of Lamora to climb no further up the ladder than she has already. The odds are not in her favor, and she must make tremendous strides both professionally and personally if she is to have any hope at all.
If she follows her dream, she risks losing much more than money in the pursuit.
Ashley Mussbacher is an entrepreneur, marketer and writer. She graduated from the University of the Fraser Valley with a Bachelors in Creative Writing, and worked as a journalist for several years.
She is published in The Louden Singletree, and her short stories, We, The Infinite and The Little Things, won awards in 2013 and 2014. In 2011 she founded an independent marketing company focused on bringing value to local businesses through unique content writing and digital strategies.
Today she works with aspiring writers and running writing workshops for university students, inspiring and shaping the creative community in her home city, Vancouver.