The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass
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Publisher Description
"Another captivating, unforgettable work of art.” ―Clarence A. Haynes, author of The Broken Hearts Agency
For four years, Zahara Douglass has been haunted by the mystery of her sister’s disappearance—not where she went, but whether she ever existed at all.
In April 1995, Zahara watched her twin sister, Annica, get hustled into a stranger’s car and disappear—only to return to a world where no one has heard of Annica. Not her mother. Not the police. No one.
Four years later, as the world braces for the looming Y2K crisis, Zahara finds evidence proving her sister was real and hires a private investigator to dig into her family’s shadowed past. When the investigation leads to two charismatic men who once served with her father in Vietnam, Zahara realizes she and her sister may be pawns in a dangerous power struggle with unthinkable consequences.
To find Annica, Zahara must face the truth about her family, her memories, and the power lurking within her. But the sisters’ reunion comes at a price—one that could bring about the end of the world.
"This is a true page-turner."—Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Zahara Douglass's twin disappears, only for everyone around her to claim said twin never existed. That's the nightmarish situation at the center of this affecting paranormal thriller from Penelope (Daughter of the Merciful Deep). Zahara, 16, is confused to witness her sister, Annica, leave for school without her, and then shocked to watch her enter a strange car, never to be seen again. The police are no help, denying not only Annica's existence but also any record of Zahara's initial call to 911 to report the kidnapping. Her mother considers Zahara delusional and institutionalizes her. To regain her freedom, Zahara lies to her psychiatrist, agreeing that she made up Annica in response to her stress about an upcoming ballet audition. Four years later, in 1999, Zahara uses the income she's since earned from dancing in the National Ballet Theater to hire a PI to trace the car's license plate number, the only tangible proof she has that what she'd experienced was real. As those around her prepare for disaster in the form of Y2K, Zahara's search for Annica intensifies, despite a psychic's mysterious warning that "in saving your sister, you will doom the world." Penelope's historical scene-setting is on point, and she makes it easy for readers to root for her resilient protagonist. This is a true page-turner.
