The Beckoning Shadow

From debut author Katharyn Blair comes a heart-stopping fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and The Young Elites, about a teenage runaway who enters a dangerous tournament with an impossible prize.

Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality—but she’s learned the hard way that it’s an addicting and dangerous power. One wrong move and you could hurt someone you love.

But when she earns a spot in the Tournament of the Unraveling, where competitors battle it out for a chance to rewrite the past, Vesper finally has a shot to reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.

She turns to Sam Hardy, a former MMA fighter who’s also carrying a tragedy he desperately wants to undo. However, helping heal Sam’s heart will mean breaking her own, and the competition forces her to master her powers—powers she has been terrified of since they destroyed her life.

She enters a deadly competition to save the sister she nearly destroyed. But her partner has his own tragedy to undo, and only one of them can win.

• An Action-Packed Magical Tournament: Vesper enters the Tournament of the Unraveling, a high-stakes competition where the prize is a chance to rewrite the past and fix her biggest mistake.
• A Gritty Urban Fantasy World: From the foggy streets of San Francisco to a dangerous underground society of magical misfits, Vesper is on the run from her past and the power she can’t control.
• A Slow Burn, High-Stakes Romance: She teams up with Sam, a former MMA fighter with his own secrets. But helping him win means giving up her own chance at redemption, and Vesper is torn between his heart and hers.
• A Heroine with Dangerous Hidden Powers: As a Harbinger, Vesper can summon a person’s worst fear into reality. To win, she must master the very magic that destroyed her life—before it destroys her, too.