21 year old Jacira Masika Kenti (Masi) never imagined the apocalypse quite like this. Growing up the movies and video games always pictured cities burning but in fact the apocalypse was quite peaceful; if you could ignore the mutated beings roaming around. Masi would've preferred the humanoid zombies that were always pictured on the big screen compared to the supernatural creatures that now ruled over the planet. Supernatural creatures, things that were once human(now sickly mutated), and not many other signs of life; can she find other people like her, or will she die trying?
Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is.
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A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche?
*2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller*
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Cover designed by April Alforque