Rainsong
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- Précommander
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- Sortie prévue le 23 juin 2026
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- 7,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
In a small town haunted by unsolved disappearances, a teen with a secret ability must unravel a deadly mystery -- before she becomes the next victim.
Mendocino is not the quaint coastal California town Zayn Pereira imagined. It's shrouded in a fog that never lets up. Posters of a missing teen girl are plastered everywhere, and just offshore is an island called Rainsong, rumored to be haunted.
At her new school, everyone is tense and suspicious of each other. So when charismatic Ollie takes Zayn under her wing, it's a relief -- but is her charm hiding something? People assume brooding Tiago, the missing girl's ex-boyfriend, is responsible for her disappearance...but Zayn can't keep her eyes off him. Is he really who everyone says he is?
Besides, Zayn has a secret of her own. And when Tiago is struck by a car one night, she is forced to reveal it to save him. In doing so, Zayn discovers her connection to a generations-old feud that still rages today. Can she break herself from the grip of Mendocino's past tragedy? Or will she become the next girl on the missing poster?
Filled with angsty romance, supernatural powers, murder, and vengeance, this is a chilling and propulsive read.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Missing persons cases and a long history of violence haunt a fogbound coastal town in this brooding supernatural thriller by Riesen (Free Radicals). After a hit-and-run kills her uncle, Afghan Australian 17-year-old Zayn Pereira moves with her father and seven-year-old sister, Mania, from Newport Beach to Mendocino. The residents prove secretive and insular, matching Zayn's father's recent emotional coldness. Even Sunny, Zayn's 22-year-old cousin, keeps his distance. But Zayn has a secret of her own: she can inexplicably heal people through touch. At school, she befriends classmate Ollie, and through her Zayn learns of the recent disappearance of a student named Charlie, in whose house she now lives and whose car she now owns. Zayn is also unexpectedly drawn to Charlie's ex-boyfriend, Tiago, who many believe responsible for her vanishing. When Zayn witnesses Tiago being struck by a car and instinctively heals him, the reveal impels Tiago to introduce her to hidden local lore stretching back to the 1850s, when those with paranormal gifts were hunted as witches in a shadow war that continues to shape the town. Cinematic settings, pulse-pounding pacing, and a distinctively rendered, culturally diverse cast propel a wholly original and fiercely character-driven tale that grapples with generational trauma and economic disparity. Ages 14–up.
