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SEEN & UNSEEN
Adult Dystopian Science Fantasy
Seen & Unseen blends the intricate world building and character focus of The Fifth Season with the tension of Hugh Howley’s Silo series, where the price for security in this utopian post-apocalyptic society is lies and secrets. Forced to cooperate with the Academies (who would see them destroyed if anyone knew the truth of their forbidden, undocumented power), Sen and Kami must complete a mysterious mission and evade capture if they’re going to save themselves. And when long-buried family secrets surface, Sen will have to choose between the world he’s created here, or the world he was meant to inherit all along.
WHEN STARS DISAPPEAR
Adult Speculative Fiction
When Stars Disappear is for adults who enjoy a little bit of magic within a grounded story about love, loss, and later-in-life coming of age. Addie La Rue x What Alice Forgot, if they were queer, had powers, and owned a bookshop and bakery in upstate NY. Bea awakens from a mysterious coma with no memory of who she is, but a toxic relationship with a local art gallery owner leads her to discover the horror at the heart of the strange phenomena. She must rebuild her life and figure out what’s caused this amnesia before it happens to someone she loves.
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KYLEEN WREN’S WORK
SEEN & UNSEEN
When the Academies send an inspector to investigate undocumented magic use in Benteo, family man Sen must agree to leave his utopia to go on a mysterious Assignment in exchange for his family's safety and freedom. Sen has spent his entire life hiding his magical ability (anima) and doing all he can to avoid becoming like his absent parents who chose the Academies over him. But now, Sen must convince everyone he and pregnant wife Kami are no threat, even if it means cooperating with those same people.
Orphaned as a child, Kami’s mission is to provide her children with the love and safety she never had. She may be a powerful Manifold–a rare condition granting her access to multiple anima types instead of just one–but that’s no help. In fact, it makes everything worse since it’s restricted, she’s undocumented, and there’s an Academy inspector in town intent on apprehending her.
While doing whatever it takes to secure freedom, not only for themselves, but for their children, Sen and Kami must work together, even as they’re torn apart. If they don’t, they’ll be imprisoned–or worse–when all the secrets about themselves and their world come to light.
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Adult Science Fantasy Dystopian NOVEL
MEETING MS. SCARECROW
Recently having moved into the neighborhood, 10-year-old Molly must collect orders for her new school’s fundraiser. But that means knocking on the door to the last house on the street, where it’s rumored a witch lives. The other kids call the old lady Ms. Scarecrow, and none are brave enough to approach her, but Molly must face her fears or risk missing out on the grand prize—a brand new Gameboy. More than that, she’s lonely and doing her best not to dwell on the bad things that happened in the last city. This new girl can’t let the neighborhood kids know she’s scared. So, when Ms. Scarecrow answers the door and invites her to stay, Molly must decide if she’s too scared to stick around, or if she’s going to face the big bad witch head on.