THE BECKONING SHADOW

A heart-stopping contemporary fantasy standalone about a teen girl with special powers who seeks redemption through dangerous tournament that guarantees the winner a chance to undo the past. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and The Young Elites.

Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality - but she'd rather not. She's learned the hard way that it's an addicting and dangerous power, difficult to control and even harder to understand. One wrong move and you could irrevocably hurt someone you love.

She's better off alone, thank you very much.

But then a chance encounter introduces her to other people like her who have special abilities that separate them from your average Baseline human. Finding them leads her to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: a spot in the Tournament of the Unraveling, where competitors battle it out for a chance to rewrite the past.

Desperate to avoid using her powers, she turns to Sam Hardy, a former MMA fighter who's also carrying a tragedy he desperately wants to undo. However, helping heal Sam's heart will mean breaking her own, and the competition won't let her ignore what's inside of her. She will have to master her powers--powers she has been terrified of since they destroyed her life.

This thrilling and fresh contemporary fantasy from debut author Katharyn Blair takes an action-packed look at what happens when the forces of fear take on the strength of love.

Katharyn Blair is a novelist and screenwriter. She graduated with her MFA in 2015 and is finishing her MA in Literature. She's been a social media coordinator for several films at 20th Century Fox, an intern at her city's Parks and Recreation Department, a gymnastics coach, and most recently, a writing professor at Azusa Pacific University. She lives outside of Los Angeles with her family. This is her debut novel.