Survive

Book one in the Crosse Chronicles, Survive follows Aelia Crosse as she navigates life with a terminal illness. Diagnosed in high school, she believes that coming to terms with reality will bring her peace in her final months, however many may be left. Acceptance is far away, however, as Aelia suffers from intense panic attacks stemming from the death of her father early in her childhood. Sent home after a lengthy hospital stay with an at home doctor, fantasy becomes reality when the stories her father told her as a child begin to come to life. As Aelia is hit with the realization that the world is not what it appears to be, will she survive, or succumb to fate?