SHE'RA

About the Book

She’ra is a beautiful young girl who came into the world carrying a curse from the spell the voodoo priestess Wu’Tu Amutar of Stellenbosch, South Africa; she had placed this curse on She’ra’s ancestors who lived generations before she was born. While She’ra was growing up in a village in Stellenbosch, South Africa, her mother, Mum’Do, shelters She’ra from her unique and usual human conditions that does not allow her to run free from the bondages of her half-human side. The village people are frightened from the many mysterious dead animal parts often found throughout their village, where their children often play with their playmates. The local doctor, Dr. Zotlar Amutar, runs a free health clinic in which he tries to keep the villagers calm and healthy. She’ra’s beauty is challenged by the jealousy of an attractive young girl, Testa Cronwell, who does not want to see She’ra succeed in life, nor does she want She’ra to find love. Testa Cronwell wants to seduce She’ra’s handsome cousin La’zar Dumonga. Somehow, She’ra is not quite bothered by the distractions of others because she is an ambitious young girl who dreams of finishing school. She is surprised by an inheritance she never saw coming, which has allowed her to travel outside the country of South Africa. There is one thing that some individuals will experience from She’ra’s half-human side that they never saw coming nor will they ever be able to tell about the destruction of life beyond recognition. She’ra meets the distinguished professor Joseph Damanté, who gives her the attention she needs to help her to start a career as a CEO of the Wellington Wines International. Professor Damanté is her first crush until she visits New Orleans. In New Orleans, she will meet a father she never knew, Priest Adam Moore, and she will meet an interesting multimillionaire, Lucas Cane. The parties attended by She’ra will show her ability to enter into a crowded room with beauty and grace. She will show how family and friends mean so much to her. She’ra’s half-human side will show how she does not tolerate bad decisions and bad actions made by others who cross her path.

About the Author

Salena Williams was born in Richmond, VA and she was raised in Petersburg, VA. Her late mother (Barbara Lewis died in 2008) was a homemaker and her father (Curtis Williams Jr. deceased) was a general contractor. Williams grew up with three sisters and three brothers in which she is the elder child and she has two other half brothers and one half sister. Her upbringing started in the Third Baptist Church of Petersburg, VA. Williams has always had a love for horror movies among other movies. Her late grandfather & grandmother (Willie Lewis & Christine Lewis) had often taken many of their grandchildren to their local drive-in-movie theaters to see the horror like “Night of the Living Dead” in black and white. It has always been a treat and a joy of Williams to see movies of sci-fi monster movies like “King Kong” starting from the age of 7 years old. After graduating from Petersburg High School in Petersburg, VA, Williams attended Virginia Commonwealth University in VA, for two years 1974-1976. She then later transferred to Virginia State University in VA, for completion of her Bachelor Degree in Business Education in 1982. She currently is employed as a high school business teacher in Jefferson County, WV. She has been employed at the same high school and she is in her 29th year. She received her Master Degree in Strategic Leadership from Mountain State University in WV, May of 2008. It is safe to say that Salena Williams had no idea she would write a sci-fi story at this stage in her ending teaching career. She always had thoughts of becoming a movie actor and a gospel singer. She also appeared in the play You Can’t Take It With You at the Old Opera House in Charles Town, WV in 1982. As time has gone on she has appeared in an article in which she was featured in 2007 in the Week Ender Weekly Entertainment Guide dated Aug. 02, 2007 on Pages 7 & 11, which was published by The Journal, 207 W. King St., Martinsburg, WV 25401, Vol. 3, Issue 14 showcasing two of her three published contemporary gospel songs with HillTop Records in CA.