The Sight
A Novel
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
In the tradition of Camilla Sten and Victor LaValle, Melanie Golding’s newest novel is a chilling carnival-set suspense, perfect for fans of Stranger Things.
Look into her eyes—she can tell you how you'll die . . .
As a child, Faith acquired the ability to see when and how people would die—a “gift” she neither wanted nor could get rid of.
After foreseeing a family tragedy and being ostracized, Faith learns to control her visions, and returns to perform in her family’s traveling carnival. But when an unruly customer attacks her, she has a vision in full view of a crowd.
She is banned from the carnival she loves—and loses her only source of income to support her dying mother. Desperate to support her mother and with only one friend standing by her, she sees no reason to continue hiding her ability and goes to dangerous lengths to earn money. But when she sees herself in a man’s future death, Faith must face her own fears of her powers and tune into her gift to fight against a future that would ruin her life—and end someone else’s.
With The Sight, celebrated author Melanie Golding delivers another suspense-driven masterpiece with unforgettable characters and an ending that will leave you stunned.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Golding (The Hidden) hits her stride in this unsettling thriller centered on a young woman's Cassandra-like powers. Faith Harrington, whose family operates and performs in a traveling circus, inherited an unwelcome gift from her great-grandmother Daisy: the ability to foresee someone else's death. When she was 10, Faith accurately predicted that her brother Tommy would die after falling through the ice covering a frozen lake. Twelve years after that tragedy, Faith has started wearing a patch over one eye in an attempt to limit her abilities. During a confrontation with an arrogant circus patron, she loses her temper and predicts his death by drowning. A video recording of the episode winds up online and Faith is fired from the carnival. As she struggles to support herself and her dying mother, Faith begins exploiting her gift for paying patrons—which works well enough until she has a vision of her own involvement in one of their deaths. Golding imbues the somewhat familiar premise with thoughtful characterizations, painting a convincing portrait of the emotional toll that Faith's gifts take on her. It's a memorable and moving trip into the paranormal.
