SHADOW REAPER

A hunter on the search of the reaper who killed her parents. The criminal who serves him. An unlikely partnership that might cost her everything... or give her everything. Never bargain with a reaper.

Orphaned as a young girl, seventeen-year-old Viridia Solace has made it her life's mission to capture the man who murdered her parents in front of her and bring him to justice. But the notorious Reaper Priest has eluded the best hunters on Elverdine Isle for nearly a decade, remaining hidden and growing in power by stealing magic from children, killing them in the process, and Viri, a hunter now herself, has no way of finding him to exact her revenge.

When the Reaper Priest's most loyal follower, Reeve Ashton, is arrested, Viri sees an opportunity to use him to finally hunt down his master. But for her plan to work, she must disobey orders and team up with the duplicitous criminal, along with his crew of illegal magic thieves, none of whom are what they first seem.

On the run from her fellow hunters, Viri must journey with Reeve in search of an ancient legend, the last living wizard who must grant a wish to whoever finds him. Worse, she must do this while huddled all-too-close with Reeve in a bubble of protection from the deadly mist that has enveloped most of the island before the Reaper Priest gets there first and dooms every non-reaper on Elverdine. But for Viri to see her mission through, she'll need more than just her wits and her skills - she'll need to trust the most dangerous boy she's ever known. and somehow keep from losing her heart to him in the process.

Australian author Lynette Noni studied journalism, academic writing, and human behavior at university before venturing into the world of fiction. She is the #1 bestselling YA author in Australia for the last 4+ years and her works have been published in 19 countries across the globe. Whisper won the ABIA Award (Australian Book Industry Award) for Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year, as well as the Gold Inky Award (Australia's only teen choice book award). Her previous series, The Prison Healer, won the 2022 and most recently 2023 ABIA Award for Book of the Year for Older Children (13+), and was shortlisted for the 2022 Indie Book Awards. It was also a finalist in the 2022 Audie Awards, and a CBCA (Children's Book Council of Australia) notable mention for Older Readers Book of the Year. The Prison Healer was also voted in at #2 on the Better Reading Kids' Top 50 list for 2022. The Prison Healer also went to auction in multiple territories and has landed at #1 in all of BookScan across Australia.