On Shifting Sands Nothing Stands

Mesheela is a four-legged four-eyed spider with magical powers. She is Chief Royal Investigator for the kingdom of Lumeenia on the planet Magdiilia but her life feels meaningless.J.P. Sharpe is a recently divorced psychology professor facing the choice between a big payday and being able to look himself in the mirror. J.P.'s self-medication with cigarettes parallels Mesheela's addiction to the potion Culeedai.Darria Praywell's fantasy sci fi novella On Shifting Sands Nothing Stands: Book I Magically Finding Purpose turns Mesheela's and J.P.'s grieving and hopelessness into an accelerating adventure of recovery power politics late coming of age and renewed Spiritual Love.