Book excerpt: Audrie Lanes begins to experience strange occurrences, discovering she inherited a family curse affecting people born with the golden eyes of a fox. This event alters her life into a fantasy world. The Kitsune Chronicles: The Feral Guardian centers on Audrie learning to control her new abilities. After the curse takes effect, she awakens as a celestial kitsune, a silver ninetails whose potential is to control all of the earthly elements. As she spends time harnessing her new powers, she also bonds with her maternal family. The characters become surrogate mothers for Audrie as her own mom abandoned her when she was younger. She becomes especially attached to Star, who teaches her how to shape-shift and live in the wild. Star also teaches Audrie the importance of forgiveness, which she was never shown. While in the wilderness, Audrie meets other spirits and a creature intent on devouring them. Her family also soon discovers something else sinister seeking their kind.