Fans of Maggie Stiefvater, Patricia Briggs, Roshani Chokshi, or Rainbow Rowell will be richly rewarded by this contemporary fantasy series.

A lonely teen chances upon abilities not seen for centuries. She must master them in secret, or her only friend will die.

Alice Brickstone is a tall high school loner with serious social anxiety. She's angry at the world and can only find peace in the wilderness, far away from peers and parents. One day, a mysterious hermit claims she has abilities unheard of in modern times. He warns her of danger.

Then an outsider hunts her through the woods. Alice barely escapes with her life...by flying away.

As she tries to understand what she had become and why she is hunted, Alice finds refuge in the unexpected kindness of a girl from school. Can she risk confiding in her first friend ever? Can Alice shield her friend from the forces standing against her?

As Alice closes in on the shocking...