Shira

In a time when supernatural beings used humans as playthings, Shira fights to survive. Guardian warriors can only take the promised bride of a patriarch’s son so far, until she must struggle on alone. But is she alone?

In a time when supernatural beings used humans as playthings, Shira fights to survive. Guardian warriors can only take the promised bride of a patriarch’s son so far, until she must struggle on alone. But is she alone?

Plagued by painful memories of her mother’s death, Shira is now challenged to face a dangerous and uncertain future. A future that offers little more than abandonment, slavery and worse, her own doubts—but face it she must.

There is a place, one place that is not governed by evil. It is her sole cause for hope. If she is truly the promised bride, then the One that made that promise would surely see it fulfilled.

Perceiving that Shira is a vital piece to the Great Creator’s plan, the deadly Ancient Heroes of Old seek her out to destroy her. Unaware of the battle that rages about her, Shira holds to the thread of a promise. Can she stand firm, even in the face of unleashed evil? And supposing she can, will the patriarch´s son find her acceptable?

Shona Jayne Barnard is the daughter of dairy farmers from New Zealand. She and her husband, Bob, went to Bible college in Tasmania, Australia from 1991 to 1993, in preparation for missionary service. In August of 1995, Bob and Shona left New Zealand with their two-year-old daughter, to work amongst Mexico’s underprivileged children. Today Bob and Shona are pastors of a growing church in the heart of Mexico City’s Iztapalapa. Shona homeschooled their two children for many years and now teaches English literature, grammar and reading at a local school for missionary kids. Shona has used her writing skills in creating dynamic children’s clubs, outreach programmes and weekly study materials. Shira: The Name History Forgot is Shona’s first work of fiction.