In this tense, atmospheric novel where shadows flit across each page, Laura Creedle unfolds a story about legends, paranoia, and the horror that hides just below the surface. A must-read for fans of Rory Power and Cheryl Isaacs!
When April Fischer was five, the voice from the well told her to fly.
Ever since April survived the strange and brutal massacre at the Copperton mine twelve years ago, she has been in the spotlight. At first, as the subject of internet urban legend. Then, as a horror movie inspiration. And most frighteningly, as the darling of a cult that believes that on her seventeenth birthday she will come into universe-altering power.
April has unanswered questions about what really went down at the mine—most of all, what happened to her father, the foreman on the drill site, who disappeared on that day. Until the week before her birthday, when she is given a collection of documents and the words He’s alive.
As April uncovers more about her childhood at the mine, the cultists’ beliefs don’t feel as impossible as she once thought, and she begins to hope that she truly can bring her father back. But even though she never wants to go near the edge of the open-pit mine again, there are forces in Copperton who want to see her fail . . . or watch her fly.
- YA Psychological Horror: April isn’t just haunted by the past; she’s the star of a gruesome urban legend. As her seventeenth birthday nears, she must confront what really happened at the mine—and the voice that only she can hear.
- A Terrifying Cult: They see her not as a survivor, but as a messiah. This chilling cult believes April will gain unimaginable power on her birthday, and they’ll do anything to witness her ascension.
- Folk Horror Setting: The abandoned Copperton mine isn’t just a place—it’s a legend. In a small New Mexico town steeped in paranoia, the horror is hiding just below the surface of the open pit.
- A Desperate Search: While the world obsesses over her story, April's only focus is the father who vanished during the massacre. But finding him might mean embracing the one thing she fears most.