Earthlings - The Beginning

Peridot Watkins has lived a sheltered life. Raised on a remote island off the coast of England by an over protective mother, Peri has never left the comfort of her home or met another child before. Until her thirteenth birthday when a strange boy Ewan knocks on her window; filthy, malnourished and injured, mumbling incoherence's of escape from captivity on the mainland. That night her mother finally reveals why they live in hiding from the rest of the world. The horrors of the mainland are to remain concealed until her sixteenth birthday but she unveils that the world isn't safe for people like them. They are of magick. Not magic like in movies, but real magick from the days of old. The power to control earth, air, fire, water and spirit. An Elemental. On her quest to learn the truth, Peri escapes the island on her sixteenth birthday, only to finally understand why her mother didn't want her to know the truth in the first place. The mainland is worse than anything she ever could have imagined possible, humans are in slavery.Peri finds herself thrown into a world she wasn't prepared for. Caught amongst an ongoing battle between those trying to save humanity and the tyrants seeking to keep them enslaved. Struggling to command magickal abilities that she doesn't fully understand or know how to control. All the while trying to re-locate Ewan, who finds himself entangled within The Resistance, walking into a trap that she is desperate to save him from. If she can only reach him in time - before it's too late. Peri's abilities may be the helping hand needed to save humanity from this awful way of life - but at what cost?Earthlings is a tale of magick, adventure, family, friendship, a quest for the truth, and most importantly - a tale of hope. Within Peridots grasp is the chance to save the world, and earth knows, the world needs saving.