New Releases by Kami Garcia

“The Lovely Reckless has everything I hope for in a book. Packed with the perfect blend of suspense, drama, romance, and heart, Kami Garcia has truly topped herself.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of It Ends With Us From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kami Garcia, a contemporary romance full of loss, love, and redemption. She used to care about being the good girl. Haunted by the memory of her boyfriend''s death, Frankie Devereux lives her life by one dangerous rule: nothing matters. But she crosses the line with a reckless choice that forces her to move in with her dad—an overprotective cop—and transfer to a new school. When Frankie meets Marco, a tough street racer who is risking everything for his family, things get complicated. He wasn''t always the bad boy. Everyone says Marco Leone is trouble. But at Frankie''s new school, where fistfights in the halls don’t faze anyone and illegal street racing is more popular than football, Marco is also the fastest (and hottest) guy around. As their attraction grows, Frankie can''t seem to stay away from him—until she discovers Marco''s dangerous secret. Your own heart will race with each page turn of this heart-stopping star-crossed love story. An Imprint Book

Read the first five chapters of THE LOVELY RECKLESS for free! Romeo and Juliet meets The Fast and the Furious in this edgy romance set in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Seventeen-year-old Frankie Devereux would do anything to forget the past. Haunted by her boyfriend’s death, she lives her life by one dangerous rule: Nothing matters. At least, that’s what Frankie tells herself after a reckless mistake forces her to leave her privileged life in the Heights to move in with her dad--an undercover cop. She transfers to a public high school in the Downs, where fistfights don’t faze anyone and illegal street racing is more popular than football. Marco Leone is the fastest street racer in the Downs. Tough, sexy, and hypnotic, he makes it impossible for Frankie to ignore him--and how he makes her feel. But the risks Marco takes for his family could have devastating consequences for them both. When Frankie discovers his secret, will she risk everything to follow her heart? The Stakes: Higher than you can imagine. Like life-and-death. Welcome to the revolution. And get ready to run.

Does it always come down to Destiny? The Wheel of Fate? Who''s behind that Wheel? What kind of idiot is doing the driving around here? The day has finally arrived: Mitchell Wate and Lillian English are getting married. Everyone has come together--Ethan and Lena, John and Liv, even Link is back in town--and there''s enough pie to make Amma proud. But despite the joyous occasion, Ethan can''t help but worry that something feels...off. When Siren-turned-Hybrid Caster Ridley blows into town unannounced, Ethan''s suspicions are confirmed. And it''s worse than he imagined: Silas Ravenwood is coming for them, and no one in Gatlin is safe. Has the Wheel of Fate finally caught up to them, or can the Casters and Mortals come together to stop it in its tracks? #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl reveal Gatlin''s destiny in this not-to-be missed final installment of Beautiful Creatures: The Untold Stories. Word Count: ~13,000 words

Ethan a longtemps reve de cette fille. Elle apparaissait dans un cauchemar ou, malgre tous ses efforts, elle tombait sans qu''il puisse la sauver. Il se savait lie a elle d''une facon particuliere. Et puis un jour, elle est arrivee en chair et en os au lycee . Elle etait belle et mysterieuse. Si Ethan avait su qu''en meme temps que cette fille surgirait aussi une malediction... Il etait eperdument amoureux, mais cet amour etait perdu d''avance."

Certains couples sont maudits. D’autres sont... dangereux. Comme celui que formaient Link et Ridley, le rockeur amateur et la Sirène des Ténèbres. Depuis que Ridley a disparu, Link est prêt à tout pour la retrouver, y compris à faire alliance avec le mystérieux Lennox Gates, qui avait pourtant des vues sur Ridley. Ensemble ils vont s’enfoncer dans le vieux Sud, croiser la route d’un guitariste qui a pactisé avec le diable, tomber sur des Enchanteurs prisonniers dans des cages et découvrir une force maléfique qui menace les habitants de La Nouvelle-Orléans. Du côté de la damnation, des trahisons, l’amour paraît une bien faible arme...

From the world of Beautiful Creatures--a dangerous new tale of love and magic continues in the sequel to Dangerous Creatures. After a disastrous car crash outside New York City, Ridley Duchannes-Dark Caster, Siren, and bona fide bad girl-has gone missing. Her wannabe rocker and quarter Incubus boyfriend, Wesley "Link" Lincoln, was driving, and when he comes to, Ridley is nowhere to be found. The only clue is the giant raven emblazoned on the hood of the truck that hit them, which can mean only one thing: Silas Ravenwood is back. And he has Ridley. Determined to find her, Link reunites with old friends John Breed and Liv Durand, his New York bandmates, and the mysterious Lennox Gates-who has his own reasons for tracking down Ridley. Together they travel through the Caster Tunnels and the Deep South to New Orleans, where they uncover the truth about the infamous Ravenwood labs and exactly what Silas has been doing within those walls. By the time Link and his friends reach Ridley, she is no longer the Siren they know and love. She''s something new. This time, love might not be enough to save them. In this sequel to Dangerous Creatures, the bestselling spin-off of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures novels, coauthors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl deliver an intoxicating blend of magic, suspense, and danger.

Tras la visita de los misteriosos hermanos gemelos Lockhart, Kennedy averigua que la muerte de su madre no ha sido un accidente. Jared y Lukas tienen un mensaje para ella: debe ocupar su puesto en la Legión de la Paloma Negra, una sociedad secreta de cazadores de fantasmas constituida para proteger al mundo de Andras. Una sociedad cuyos cinco miembros han sido asesinados todos la misma noche. Ahora la Legión queda en manos de la siguiente generación: tres chicos y dos chicas, que emprenden la tarea de conseguir la única arma capaz de destruir al demonio, para lo cual emplean sus habilidades en la lucha con seres paranormales. Así se ganan su puesto en la Legión... Todos menos Kennedy. ¿Es ella la pieza que faltaba en el grupo? ¿Vivirá lo bastante para averiguarlo... sin ver destrozado su corazón?

Everyone in Gatlin has a story... Before she met and married Mitchell Wate, the beautiful and brilliant Lila Jane Evers was an honors student at Duke University. Studying late into the night in the rare books library, she is captivated by a single line of text on an old piece of parchment: "In the Light there is Dark, and in the Dark there is Light." What can it mean? Then one night, Lila Jane meets a mysterious young man who may have the answer. His name is Macon Ravenwood, and for every secret he reveals, he is hiding another. With Macon''s help, Lila Jane uncovers the wonders of the Caster world--the Light and the Dark. But a romance between the Incubus who is fighting his own dark side and this fiercely independent Mortal is doomed from the start. The closer Lila Jane and Macon become, the more her life is in danger. Discover the unforgettable and untold story of how Lila and Macon fell in love in this all-new Beautiful Creatures novella from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Word Count: ~12,000

Kennedy Waters vit dans un monde où les esprits tuent par vengeance et où les fantômes ont des secrets. Dans ce monde, il y a aussi la Légion. La Légion, c’est Alara, Priest, et les jumeaux Jared et Lukas. À eux cinq, ils forment une bande de « Ghostbusters » prêts à tous les sacrifices pour éliminer les forces du Mal. Mais Kennedy a accidentellement libéré la pire des menaces : Andras, un démon redoutable qui se dissimule parmi les humains. Cette nouvelle traque sera pour Kennedy l’occasion de mieux comprendre ce qu’est la Légion. Et d’apprendre que cet ordre ultrasecret auquel elle appartient la renvoie à bien plus mystérieux encore : sa propre famille.

Às vezes, é possível reescrever o destino «A morte é o fim... ou apenas o princípio?» Ethan Wate passou a maior parte da vida a desejar fugir da sufocante pequena cidade de Gatlin. Nunca pensou que iria conhecer a rapariga dos seus sonhos, Lena Duchannes, que lhe revelou um lado secreto, poderoso e amaldiçoado da cidade, escondido à vista de todos. E nunca teria esperado ser forçado a deixar para trás toda a gente e tudo aquilo que é importante. Então, quando Ethan acorda depois dos acontecimentos horripilantes de Caos Maravilhoso, tem apenas um objetivo: arranjar forma de voltar para Lena e para aqueles que ama. Em Gatlin, Lena está a trabalhar para o regresso de Ethan, prometendo fazer o que for preciso - mesmo que isso signifique confiar em velhos inimigos ou arriscar a vida da família e dos amigos que Ethan abandonou para proteger. Em mundos diferentes, Ethan e Lena devem voltar a trabalhar juntos para reescrever o seu destino neste final deslumbrante da série «Criaturas Maravilhosas». Tal como Amma, Kami Garcia é muito supersticiosa e não foge à regra de toda a rapariga respeitável, com raízes sulistas, ao confecionar as suas bolachas e as suas tartes. Tem familiares que fazem parte das Filhas da Revolução Americana, mas nunca participou numa reconstituição. Kami frequentou a Universidade de George Washington e tem um mestrado em Educação. É professora e leitora especialista, dirigindo grupos de leitura para crianças e adolescentes. Tal como Lena, desde os quinze anos que a escrita colocou e tirou Margaret Stohl de problemas. Ela escreveu e desenhou vários jogos de vídeo conhecidos, razão pela qual os seus dois beagles se chamam Zelda e Kirby. Margaret apaixonou-se pela literatura norte-americana em Amherst e em Yale. Tirou o mestrado em Inglês, em Stanford, e estudou Escrita Criativa sob a alçada do poeta George Macbeth, na Universidade de East Anglia, en Norwich. Kami e Margaret convidam-te a visitá-las em www.kamigarciamargaretstohl.com

J''ai longtemps rêvé de cette fille. Elle apparaissait dans un cauchemar où, malgré tous mes efforts, elle tombait sans que je ne puisse la sauver. Je me savais lié à elle d''une façon particulière. Et puis un jour, elle est arrivée en chair et en os au lycée de Gatlin, notre petite bourgade du Sud des Etats-Unis. Elle était belle et mystérieuse. Si j''avais su qu''en même temps que cette fille surgirait aussi une malédiction... J''étais éperdument amoureux, mais cet amour était perdu d''avance.

The heart-pounding sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, Unbreakable, by New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures co-author Kami Garcia. "A rare sequel that surpasses the original."--Ransom Riggs, New York Times bestselling author of Hollow City He is here . . . and he could be anyone. Kennedy Waters lives in a world where vengeance spirits kill, ghosts keep secrets, and a demon walks among us-a demon she accidentally set free. Now Kennedy and the other Legion members-Alara, Priest, Lukas, and Jared-have to hunt him down. As they learn more about the history of the Legion and the Illuminati, Kennedy realizes that the greatest mystery of all does not belong to any secret order, but to her own family. With the clock ticking and the life of someone she loves hanging in the balance, Kennedy has to ask the question she fears most: what is it about her past that has left her Unmarked?

Read the first 7 chapters in the heart-pounding sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, Unbreakable, by New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures co-author Kami Garcia. "A rare sequel that surpasses the original." -Ransom Riggs, New York Times bestselling author of Hollow City Book Description:He is here . . . and he could be anyone. Kennedy Waters lives in a world where vengeance spirits kill, ghosts keep secrets, and a demon walks among us-a demon she accidentally set free. Now Kennedy and the other Legion members-Alara, Priest, Lukas, and Jared-have to hunt him down. As they learn more about the history of the Legion and the Illuminati, Kennedy realizes that the greatest mystery of all does not belong to any secret order, but to her own family. With the clock ticking and the life of someone she loves hanging in the balance, Kennedy has to ask the question she fears most: what is it about her past that has left her Unmarked?

Als Kennedy Waters haar moeder dood aantreft, beseft ze niet dat paranormale krachten hiervoor verantwoordelijk zijn. Pas als de mysterieuze tweeling Jared en Lukas Lockhart in haar kamer inbreken en een geest vernietigen die daar was om haar te vermoorden, begrijpt ze dat haar moeders dood geen ongeluk was. Kennedy moet haar moeders plaats innemen in het Legioen van de Zwarte Duif, een geheime club voor geestenjagers. Samen met de andere vier leden moet ze de wereld beschermen tegen een wraakzuchtig demon... Kami Garcia schreef samen met Margaret Stohl de internationale bestseller Beautiful Creatures. Onbreekbaar is haar eerste soloroman en het eerste deel in de Legioen-serie. ''Spannend en heerlijk bedrieglijk.'' - Ransom Riggs, auteur van De bijzondere kinderen van mevrouw Peregrine Auteur van de #1 bestseller Beautiful Creatures

From the world of Beautiful Creatures--the instant New York Times bestselling tale of love and magic. Ridley Duchannes is nobody''s heroine. She''s a Dark Caster, a Siren. She can make you do things. Anything. You can''t trust her, or yourself when she''s around. And she''ll be the first to tell you to stay away--especially if you''re going to do something as stupid as fall in love with her. Lucky for Ridley, her wannabe rocker boyfriend, Wesley "Link" Lincoln, never listens to anyone. Link doesn''t care if Rid''s no good for him, and he takes her along when he leaves small-town Gatlin to follow his rock-star dream. He teams up with a ragtag group of Dark Casters, and when the band scores a gig at a hot Underground club, it looks like all of Link''s dreams are about to come true. But New York City is a dangerous place for both Casters and Mortals, and soon Ridley realizes that Link''s bandmates are keeping secrets. With bad-boy club owner Lennox Gates on her heels, Rid is determined to find out the truth. What she discovers is worse than she could have imagined: Link has a price on his head that no Caster or Mortal can ever pay. With their lives on the line, what''s a Siren to do? Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthors of the Beautiful Creatures novels, are back to cast another magical spell. Their signature blend of mystery, suspense, and romance, with a healthy dose of wit and danger, will pull fans in and leave them begging for more.

Às vezes, não há apenas uma resposta ou uma escolha. Ethan Wate julgou estar a habituar-se às estranhas coisas impossíveis que se desenrolavam em Gatlin. Porém, agora que Ethan e Lena voltaram para casa, estranho e impossível assumiram novos significados. Enxames de gafanhotos, um recorde de calor e tempestades devastadoras arrasam Gatlin enquanto Ethan e Lena tentam perceber as consequências do Chamamento de Lena. Até a família de Lena é afetada - e as suas habilidades começam a falhar perigosamente. Com o tempo, uma questão torna-se clara: o que - ou quem - terá de ser sacrificado para salvar Gatlin? Para Ethan, o caos é uma distração assustadora, mas bem-vinda. Ele está de novo a ser perseguido nos sonhos, mas desta vez não por Lena - e tudo o que o assombra segue-o para fora dos sonhos até à sua vida quotidiana. Ainda pior, Ethan está gradualmente a perder pedaços de si - esquecendo nomes, números de telefone, e até memórias. Não sabe porquê e na maioria dos dias, tem medo de perguntar. Às vezes, não há apenas uma resposta ou uma escolha. Às vezes não há como voltar atrás. E desta vez não haverá um final feliz. Kami Garcia é muito supersticiosa e não foge à regra de toda a rapariga respeitável, com raízes sulistas, ao confecionar as suas bolachas e as suas tartes. Tem familiares que fazem parte das Filhas da Revolução Americana, mas nunca participou numa reconstituição. Kami frequentou a Universidade de George Washington e tem um mestrado em Educação. É professora e leitora especialista, dirigindo grupos de leitura para crianças e adolescentes. Tal como Lena, desde os quinze anos que a escrita colocou e tirou Margaret Stohl de problemas. Ela escreveu e desenhou vários jogos de vídeo conhecidos, razão pela qual os seus dois beagles se chamam Zelda e Kirby. Margaret apaixonou-se pela literatura norte-americana em Amherst e em Yale. Tirou o mestrado em Inglês, em Stanford, e estudou Escrita Criativa sob a alçada do poeta George Macbeth, na Universidade de East Anglia, en Norwich.

From the world of Beautiful Creatures-a dangerous new tale of love and magic. Ridley Duchannes is nobody''s heroine. She''s a Dark Caster, a Siren. She can make you do things. Anything. You can''t trust her, or yourself when she''s around. And she''ll be the first to tell you to stay away-especially if you''re going to do something as stupid as fall in love with her. Lucky for Ridley, her wannabe rocker boyfriend, Wesley "Link" Lincoln, never listens to anyone. Link doesn''t care if Rid''s no good for him, and he takes her along when he leaves small-town Gatlin to follow his rock-star dream. He teams up with a ragtag group of Dark Casters, and when the band scores a gig at a hot Underground club, it looks like all of Link''s dreams are about to come true. But New York City is a dangerous place for both Casters and Mortals, and soon Ridley realizes that Link''s bandmates are keeping secrets. With bad-boy club owner Lennox Gates on her heels, Rid is determined to find out the truth. What she discovers is worse than she could have imagined: Link has a price on his head that no Caster or Mortal can ever pay. With their lives on the line, what''s a Siren to do? Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthors of the Beautiful Creatures novels, are back to cast another magical spell. Their signature blend of mystery, suspense, and romance, with a healthy dose of wit and danger, will pull fans in and leave them begging for more.

Is falling in love the beginning . . . Or the end? In Ethan Wate''s hometown there lies the darkest of secrets. There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it''s been promised. And no one can stop it. In the end, there is a grave. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Ethan never even saw it coming. * Don''t miss the Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) and featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies and hot young Hollywood talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich and Emmy Rossum. Praise for Beautiful Creatures: ''This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz.'' - Teen Vogue About the authors: @kamigarciais a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand and pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University and is a teacher and reading specialist. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family. @mstohlhas written and designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda and Kirby. She has degrees from Yale and Stanford Universities in the US and has also studied in the prestigious creative writing department at UEA, Norwich. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her family. www.beautifulcreaturesthebook.com Also available in the series: Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos and Beautiful Redemption.

The #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series continues in this brand-new digital-exclusive story. Catch up with Ethan, Lena, and Link as they finally graduate from high school and get ready to leave the small Southern town of Gatlin. But when Dark Caster Ridley makes an appearance, the sometime bad girl can''t resist picking a fight with her sometime boyfriend, Link. Angry and rebellious as ever, Ridley ends up alone in New York City and becomes entangled in the dangerous underground Caster club scene, where the stakes are high and losers pay the ultimate price. Where''s a Linkubus when you need him?

Les "Sublimes Créatures" de la saga "16 Lunes" sont de retour dans une nouvelle série inédite : "Dangereuses Créatures" (à paraître en mai 2014). En attendant de retrouver vos personnages préférés, en particulier Link et Ridley, découvrez sans tarder "Dangereux rêve" une nouvelle inédite qui vous dévoilera les dessous de la saga "16 Lunes" et vous donnera déjà quelques indices sur la future série "Dangereuses Créatures".

Je pensais que rien ne me surprendrait plus. Jamais. Que Lena et moi avions connu le pire, survécu à l''impossible. Mais ces derniers temps, notre bonne vieille bourgade de Gadin est en proie à une série de fléaux dignes de l''Apocalypse. R y a aussi ces cauchemars et ces visions étranges qui ne cessent de me hanter. Et toutes ces choses que j''oublie, ces moments où je ne me reconnais plus moi-même. La malédiction de la lune, les Enchanteurs des Ténèbres, la Garde Suprême : quelle est ma place, à moi, dans tout cela ?

2013 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL. I never believed in ghosts.Until one tried to kill me. When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, she doesn''t realize that paranormal forces are responsible--not until mysterious identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into her room and destroy a deadly spirit sent to kill her. Kennedy learns that her mother''s death was no accident, and now she has to take her place in the Legion of the Black Dove--a secret society formed to protect the world from a vengeful demon. A society left in the hands of a misfit group of teens with unique skills: Jared, combat trained, with a temper to match; Lukas, rogue hacker and code breaker; Alara, whose attitude is as powerful as her voodoo protections; and Priest, an engineer capable of making a weapon out of a soda can. As the teens use their individual talents to battle paranormal entities, they earn their rightful places in the Legion--except for Kennedy, who is left wondering if she is truly one of them. Can she stay alive long enough to find out--without losing her heart in the process? Protect Yourself.What you can''t see CAN hurt you.

Is de dood het einde... of alleen het begin? Ethan, die nooit had gedacht in Gatlin het meisje van zijn dromen te vinden en niet kon verzinnen dat hij ooit zo graag terug zou willen naar het saaie stadje, moet nu hemel en aarde bewegen om terug te gaan naar de plek die hem zo dierbaar is. In Gatlin probeert Lena er alles aan te doen om Ethans terugkeer mogelijk te maken, ook al moet ze hiervoor oude vijanden vertrouwen en het leven van anderen op het spel zetten. Ver van elkaar proberen Ethan en Lena opnieuw samen hun lot te herschrijven. De aflossing is het zinderende slot van deze must-read paranormal romance. Ethan en Lena zijn de nieuwe Bella en Edward.

Em seu primeiro romance, Dezesseis luas, Kami Garcia e Margaret Stohl conseguiram um feito invejável: conquistaram o exigente público jovem adulto. Competindo com nomes como Stephanie Meyer e L.J. Smith, respectivamente autoras das sagas Crepúsculo e Diários do vampiro, o livro se tornou febre mundial. Ganhou as telas em superprodução da Disney, foi eleito um dos melhores de 2009 pela Amazon, além de ter ficado semanas na lista do New York Times. Depois do sucesso de Dezessete luas e Dezoito luas, a consagrada série chega ao final com o volume Dezenove luas. A vida toda Ethan quis sair de Gatlin, escapar da mentalidade provinciana de cidade pequena, as encenações de batalha de Guerra Civil... Isso tudo antes de encontrar a garota perfeita, a mulher dos seus sonhos. Sua amada, Lena Duchaness, revelou para ele todo um lado novo da cidade, poderoso, amaldiçoado e escondido. Ela se tornou para Ethan uma âncora, uma casa, um lar. E justamente quando o rapaz não gostaria de ir a lugar algum, ele precisou abandonar tudo. Deixar todos para trás. Foi o preço pago para restabelecer a Ordem das coisas. Inquieto com a possibilidade de ver seus amigos e sua cidade desaparecerem do mapa, Ethan fez o que precisava ser feito para salvá-los. Depois do que aconteceu na torre de água, durante a Décima Oitava Lua, ele acordou do outro lado com apenas um pensamento: retornar. Para Lena. Para seus amigos. Para Amma e seu pai. Tia Marion e as Irmãs. Faria qualquer coisa: confiar em velhos inimigos, arriscar a vida de terceiros, o que restou da minha alma. A vontade de voltar e de reecontrar sua amada era maior que tudo. Para ele, não era possível existir sem Lena. E sabia que ela sentia o mesmo. Enquanto esse turbilhão de emoções o afligia, ela, em Gatlin, tentava ajudá-lo. Juntos, podiam tudo. Será?

Después de Hermosas criaturas, llega el segundo volumen de la saga de las dieciséis lunas, Hermosa oscuridad.Tras el cumpleaños de Lena. ella y Ethan se creen con fuerzas para enfrentarse a cualquier situación, por oscura que sea, pero la pérdida de un ser querido de la joven hace que ésta se aleje de Ethan y que guarde secretos aún más terribles... Sin embargo, el muchacho ha abierto los ojos al lado más oscuro y no hay vuelta atrás.

Der er undergangsstemning i ellers så idylliske Gatlin. Magtbalancen mellem mørke og lys blev ødelagt, efter at Lena nægtede at vælge side, og nu begynder konsekvenserne: Sindssyge hedebølger, ødelæggende storme og græshoppesværme hærger byen, og folk fabler om jordens undergang. Selv de stærkeste castere i Lenas familie oplever, at deres evner bliver påvirket, og det går op for Ethan og Lena, at deres kærlighed har sat gang i et kaos, der er hævet over liv og død. Som tiden går træder ét spørgsmål tydeligere og tydeligere frem: Hvad – eller hvem – må ofres for at redde Gatlin? Samtidig sker der mærkelige ting med Ethan. Pludselig skriver han med venstre hånd og afskyr mad, han ellers elskede. Endnu værre er, at han begynder at glemme ting – navne, telefonnumre og endda begivenheder i fortiden. Det er, som om hans sind er ved at forandre sig. Han ved ikke hvorfor og er også virkelig bange for at finde ud af det. Han hører hele tiden en indre stemme blive ved med at sige: "Jeg venter." Hvem er det, der venter på Ethan, og hvorfor? Nogle gange er der ikke kun ét svar og ét valg. Og nogle gange – denne gang – er der ikke nogen lykkelig slutning.