Fragments - Book One of the Missing
Fragments is the story of Taniel, a boy whose nightmares are becoming reality, and Rowan, whose comfortable life starts coming apart at the seams.
We meet Taniel on his last day of St. Andra's, a school for troubled boys. He is returning to the real world, a world he barely knows anymore, alone and without any resources. Before the Officials, the governing force in Fenesmere, put him away, he was a small-time gang member of the Underground. And the Underground wants him back.
Rowan lives with her family in a comfortable enough apartment, protected from the happenings in Fenesmere. With both parents sick, she takes care of her younger siblings with absolute devotion. That is until her father can no longer pay the ruthless Officials for her family's protection and she is forced out on her own.
Both Taniel and Rowan have unexplained gifts that are proving dangerous to themselves and those they hold dear. Their paths cross as more and more people of their small city go Missing, like the thousands that have vanished before them. And when someone close to them disappears it is up to the unlikely pair to uncover the truth, but only if they can embrace that which makes them different.
In pursuit of developing their gifts and finding answers, Taniel and Rowan seek out Hamza, a man from Taniel's past, and a former Official. With him, they learn there is much more happening than they realized, and worse, they are inextricably tied to it all.
Together Taniel and Rowan must learn to explore their powers and trust each other to survive a criminal organization, a vigilante force, and the mysterious army that put it all in motion.
