Released: December 19, 2023
Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy
Major Themes: Generational Trauma, Teen Pregnancy, Cultural Reconnection, Anti-Racism, Mental Health
Editors: Jessie Campbell & Rita Ray of Ruff! Manuscripts Best Friend
Cover Design: KT Barnes of KT Illustration & Design
Savanna is alone. That's all she can think about when her life comes crashing down. Her dad isn't taking her news well, and her ex-boyfriend has conveniently skipped town.
When diviners swoop into the city with her safety in mind, she isn't completely on board. Neither is her ex, who's more focused on distributing Priori Lab's cure than being by her side. He's got a different plan in mind, one that will hopefully distract the captivators enough to forget about their target. Meanwhile, Savanna's just trying to survive the revenge of her former cheer squad. She is doing anything she can to dodge the rumors her classmates keep spreading about her... about her ex... about her life...
Everything changes when someone close to her intends to spill blood. Her blood. She doesn't want to hurt them, but if she's cornered, there will be a fight. Should she run instead?
Told from the perspective of eight diviners and one captivator, this young adult contemporary fantasy teeters the lines between magick, prophecy, and teenage adversity.
"Mom began carving scratches in the cheap plastic handle of the oven, her stick-on nails threatening to break. She didn’t seem to notice how her lip was bleeding from chewing too hard. Instead, her dull blue eyes above the bags of her lower eyelids seemed to be lost in thought.
I sat at the small round table, which had taken up most of the free space in our small kitchen for as long as I could remember. Attempting to ignore the tension in the air, I scratched at an old scratch-and-sniff sticker I’d placed in the center of the table almost a decade ago. My eleven-year-old sister, Ursula, blew a breath of air, puffing out her cheeks. Her arms were crossed, her brown eyes watching my broken nails fail to rip the sticker out of its permanent location.
What a metaphor."