The breakout first novel by YA writer Ayul Hendricks-Levy--already being touted for evoking the best of "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight" series.
As the year draws to a close and winter sets in, an ancient evil begins to stir. A call goes out to five teenagers, five outsiders scattered throughout North America, who, no matter how much they wish otherwise, are anything but normal. Such is life as a vampire or shapeshifter, as a boy who casts spells or a girl who can speak to animals. The mysterious invitation that presents itself to the five—Lucas, Ana, James, Liza, and Isaac—urges them to Rugby, North Dakota. The geographic center of the continent. On New Year’s Eve. But for what purpose?
Some choose to accept the summons, some choose to ignore it, but all begin to doubt their choices when they come under attack from the deadly and merciless agents of the Bleakness. This unlikely crew of misfits will have to band together and embrace their true identities if there is to be any hope of stopping the Bleakness and preventing an imminent global tragedy.
