Talulah J. Sullivan

A centuries-long stalemate endures over possession
 of a sentient world.

In one corner, a dwindling cabal of shamans holds onto a desperate defence; in the other, a colony of aliens try to control a bio-engineering experiment run amok. In the middle stands a youth who has been genetically altered to ‘Shape’ the elemental powers.
 Yet if Tokela claims his power, it will make of him an outcast, a catalyst–and a weapon.

The stalemate is about to break…

The first book in 
The Hoop of the Alekšu’in