Been writing some blurb for the back of The Shapeshifters Trilogy - a shamanic fantasy that has take me the best part of 2 years to write. Here it is. Does it sound appealing?
In a world where dogmatic science has replaced tyrannical religion, the Shapeshifters – those with the ability to take animal form – are ruthlessly hunted down by the ruling Logos. Janwar is a teenager with a nascent gift for Shapeshifting, and an ambitious father who is appalled by his son’s proclivity; Alicia is a rebel daughter of the aristocracy, unashamed of her affinity with the animal world. Together with their Shapeshifting friends – Diana the intuitive Dwarf, William the magical adept, Rowena the Rhino and Francis, a mole in the Logos - they must find and rescue Queen Elfina, who has been spirited away for her Otherworldly sympathies.
Elfina in her turn has a larger destiny to fulfil: reconciling the forces of science, led by the diabolical Roger Bacon, and resurgent religion, led by the charismatic Zeus Messiah. In their struggle for supremacy, they are tearing the world apart. Elfina has the ancient elemental powers of the earth at her disposal, along with the help of the Shapeshifters, but will that be enough to pacify these old enemies?
A page-turning drama that addresses a central mythology of our times, Shapeshifters is also a real-world exploration of the larger humanity that emerges from embodying animal spirits.
This sentence is very confusing AND the comma doesn't belong there: "Janwar is a teenager with a nascent gift for Shapeshifting, and an ambitious father who is appalled by his son’s proclivity; " How about "....whose ambitious father...." Either way, take out the comma.
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