Katie Gaunt

Katie Gaunt was never going to be normal. Not with a fame-hungry politician for a father, a wine-soaked ghost of a mother, and a childhood full of voices no one else could hear. She's spent her life barely holding it together-until college, when everything finally shatters.

Her imaginary protector, Zack, vanishes. In his place comes Dustin-sharp smile, dark eyes, and a voice that whispers blood. He doesn't protect her. He unlocks her. And once he's there, people start disappearing. Pets are torn apart. Bodies are found mutilated. The town of Ithaca begins to rot.

And Katie? She's the rot.

She wakes up covered in sweat and worse. Bones in her closet. Teeth in the drain. She tells herself it's just dreams-until the dreams start killing people she knows. She's slipping. Fast. And no one-not Jacob, not her professors, not even the new voice in her head-is strong enough to pull her back.

Now the only question is: who will she kill next?

A brutal, hallucinatory descent into madness, Katie Gaunt is a story about control, desire, and the monsters we become when no one stops us.