The Melding of Aeris

By D. Wallace Peach

Aeris was born a monster-a patchwork of serpent's skin, black scales, and brittle feathers. His gold-coin eyes, slashed like knife wounds, cut a ragged rift straight through his soul. He longs to peel away his hideous flesh, to carve himself into something real. Something human.

But human skin is not given. It is taken. At a price.

Generations ago, the realms fell to the Burn-the only way to purge a land so twisted by man that its harvests nourished the body while poisoning the flesh. Now, as the wilderness creeps through the ashes, what remains for nature's tinkerers?

Pathway-the coveted alchemy that fuses skin to flesh, blurring the boundaries of species.

The Sahls of the Sea Barrows remake their bodies with the skin of beasts. They meld spiral horns to their skulls, embed the razor teeth of sea-beasts in their arms, and cloak their backs with the pelts of wolves. Women of wealth embellish their flesh with tufted tails, plumed wings, and serpent scales as elegant as black lace, their human skin no longer desirable.

Then they bear children. Creatures like Aeris.

Trapped in the flesh of a murdered man, Aeris joins a dogged crew of renegades, each cursed by the same cruel fate. Their goal is simple-to destroy Pathway, no matter the cost.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152390805X
• ISBN13: 9781523908059
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"