The She-Wolf of Kanta
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
Release Date: April 17th 2018
Legion Imprint of Radiant Crown Publishing
Summary:
"A pair of yellow eyes caught the moonlight and locked onto hers."
Mercy has always dreamed of becoming a werewolf trapper like her father. In
Kanta, one must learn how to survive one way or another. A dark-skinned,
blue-eyed young beauty, Mercy understands that she brings out the beast in
monsters and men. When a routine werewolf delivery turns into a vicious assault
from a pair of human traffickers, Mercy’s life changes forever. Somehow she
must endure in a dangerous city where women and werewolves are hunted.
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Guest post:
Inspiration for The She-Wolf of Kanta
Guest post:
Inspiration for The She-Wolf of Kanta
By Marlena Frank
It’s no secret that slaves have always been treated
terribly. They had their freedom and autonomy stripped away from them, they had
no power or rights, and they certainly had no one to protect them. If you were
considered a disruptive or unruly slave, then the consequences were far worse.
When I was younger, I found a book describing how terribly slaves were
treated in the Caribbean islands. It had a graphic illustration of what was
done to slaves who had attempted to revolt but failed. Now I know the term of
that punishment was punitive limb
amputation, but at the time I was simply horrified by it. I didn’t
keep track of where the image came from, the location of the drawing, or even
what book it showed up in, but it stuck with me for years.
Occasionally I would search for more information on that illustration,
wondering if maybe I dreamed it up. All I could find was information on the
fact that punitive limb amputation existed during that time, but no more than
that. I could find nothing about how it was used as a punishment for disruptive
slaves or how they were then forced into physical labor groups, probably until
death.
When I started writing The
She-Wolf of Kanta, the illustration once again was clear in my mind, and I
knew I wanted to integrate it somehow within the story. If werewolves were used
as this slave labor instead of people; on the surface it
may seem more acceptable, but werewolves were also once humans, right? Isn’t
it easier to persecute people who we claim are animals, monsters, or somehow
beneath us?
Punitive limb amputation is no longer
happening in the Caribbean, but it is happening in the world today. Considering
that human trafficking is still a major concern in the United States (and
especially in my home city of Atlanta, GA), it’s important to
bring this dangerous kind of thinking to light.
About the
Author:
A writer of both fantasy and horror, Marlena’s
work is in a smattering of anthologies. Her stories lean toward weird horror,
creature horror, and YA fantasy. She typically thinks up strange tales while
sipping sweet tea at her Georgia home, listening to podcasts on her hour-long
commute, or while reading a good book with her three cats.
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