Heroes Among Charlatans

"Nice try."
She harrumphed and pushed herself up to come and sit beside me. "You're so infuriating. You know that right?"
"Hey of course I know that. It's in my job description."
To my delight, Avery threw back her head and laughed, a laugh I'd loved for so long. Her laugh was so infectious that I had to join her. How odd we were, two 15 year olds, rolling in the grass, dying of laughter. In that moment I felt so elevated, so carefree that I lost track of time. When our laughter died down, Avery's expression sobered.
"Liam."
"Mm?"
"Your hair." She pointed up to the top of my head, and I sighed. Already knowing what she meant, I reached my hand up and patted my hair. Feeling the familiar burn on my fingers, my mouth tightened.

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This enthralling combination of action and fantasy will leave readers aching to know more. Written in the two perspectives of protagonists Liam and his best friend Avery, readers will get the view from each character, gathering up all the sides of the story. Avery and Liam are your average best friends, spending almost every waking moment with one another until one day Avery just... vanishes. As Liam struggles to cope and deal with the loss of her, he meets somebody who changes his perspective entirely. Someone he thought was dead for years. Meanwhile, Avery is alive and has problems adjusting, and accepting, her new fate. Now they both are weighed down by secrets... secrets people would kill to expose. When their two worlds collide, who will emerge victoriously? Will they be able to know right from wrong? Lies from truth?