Synopsis: Gray Rivers

At first, this was a journey of discovery for our protagonist, the half-elf Linnea. She is forced to flee from her beloved abbey and travel across the country, finding friends in unexpected places and eventually reaching the forest of the elves. There she must learn to accept both sides of her heritage, and to discern the black and white from the grey. And most importantly she must listen for God's instruction, and accept His plan for her life.

But now I have a huge conspiracy involving the merchants of the area, two different bad guys at opposite ends of the spectrum each trying to conquer the other, a blood lust/battle frenzy type thing that is trying to take over my MC's mind, an impossible love triangle, lots of unnecessary symbolism involving the Linnaea Borealis (twinflower) that hasn't even come into the book yet, an eccentric scientist, characters who insist on developing their own personalities without consulting me, too many -ly adverbs, excessive nodding, and elves with semi-automatic pistols.

So... yeah...