Mariah doesn't believe in fate, but when a handsome English sailor steps into her life she might have to reconsider.

The accidental death of Mariah's protector and beloved companion - her dog Alistair - seems like the end of the all things for Mariah, but her father refuses to let her linger in her grief. To appease her father, Mariah goes with her friends on a walk through her home town of Maracaibo, certain that neither fate, nor anything else of consequence awaits her.

​Miguel, and English sailor, is looking for a new start in life, and the quaint, tropical port of colonial Maracaibo seems the perfect place. When four lovely señoritas offer to walk with him a ways, Miguel thinks he might have found the perfect place. As long as it doesn't get boring. 

Aura of Dreams is a companion novel to the Zyanya Cycle, and takes place immediately before Amaranth Dawn.