60 years have passed since legislation was enacted to protect the rights of Weres and other shape-shifters. It is widely recognised that Weres are genetic abnormalities and evolutionary dead-ends.
In all that time, no one in the public eye has stepped forwards and declared themselves Were.
Having escaped the clutches of Homes for Weres, Natalayiana must come to terms with separating from her fiancée, being demoted at work and the disappearance of her best friend. There’s a new man on the scene, but he can’t do much when Dr Gold makes a demand on her – a demand that, for the sake of her best friend, she must comply with, even though it’s something she really shouldn’t do.
Everything was neat, ordered, compartmentalised. Safe. Safe is not enough. Safe is not living. But staying safe is your only option when you're a therianthrope.
Steven is an author, a performance poet, a storyteller and the Creative Director behind Tenebrous Texts.
He has created the Saelvatici, a darkly mythic retelling of the Robin Hood myth cycle and the 'Less than Human' series, which examines society through the viewpoint of a social care worker who is a Were-Squirrel.
Re-read as prep to editing book 3 ['Furry by Nature']. A few minor typos, it stands up well and there's development in the characters and the arc since book 1.