Man of Light and Shadows

Ilya Pytrovich Leschyov, master Systemist and former Spetsnaz elite, is the last of his team. Hunted by his government, he is given a second chance in the United States by the Flayne Institute, an experimental facility for The Therian Initiative. What he wasn't expecting was to be changed into an anthropomorphic rat, the wiliest of mammals, to train a new generation of humanoid animal warriors. When his new warrior team is delivered in the form of six African Painted Wolf cubs, he must decide to save his conscience or the lives around him.Céline Ilorsaint has always been a quiet rebel. She gave up a lucrative career, a rich family, all for love and driving principle. She is kidnapped on the way home to her husband and two children from a concert she's performing. Awakening to cages of animal people, she is involved in a fortuitous escape that leaves a group of these freaks-of-nature in her care. The choice before her is simple: turn a blind eye to their plight or live in obscurity.