title: Shadows: The Story of the Kayouta
author: Elicia M. Seawell
description: Elicia M. Seawell was born in South Carolina and is a mom to three children. She spent the majority of her career as a graphic artist but found that writing was her true passion. She started "Shadows: The Story of the Kayouta" in the summer of 2009 but put it on hold for two years while she attended college. She is a sophomore at Kaplan University and is majoring in Psychology. She is married to Michael Seawell and currently lives in Darlington, South Carolina.
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  SKYBUILDERS
  
  
  Sorcery and Science: Book 4
  
  
    
  
  
  Ella Summers
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SKYBUILDERS
  
  
  Sorcery and Science: Book 4
  
  
  Copyright © 2015
  
  
  Version: 2015.10.13
  
  
    
  
  
  Cover art by [Rebecca Frank](http://rebeccafrank.design/)
  
  
    
  
  
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  **Story Summary**
  
  
    
  
  
  Ariella thought she was done with conspiracies. And she definitely thought she
  was done with mechanical menaces. She was wrong.
  
  
  An accident hits the floating city of Oasis, and Ariella’s friend Marin goes
  missing, along with the newly crowned Selpe emperor. The Selpes aren’t lifting
  a finger to help, so it’s up to her and Silas to save their friends from an
  elite order of assassins—or her nightmare foresight just might come true.
  
  
  To avoid a bloody and fractured future, they will go through anyone, even a
  dozen assassins. They will go anywhere, even floating 