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Daphne is a fourteen-year-old girl who leads a life of wealth and privilege but also great loneliness. She is the daughter of the CEO of a biotech mega-company who has gone missing, and a beautiful but failed movie star of a mother. her wish to escape her little bubble and explore the outside world becomes true when her life gets torn apart in a rash of violent riots and The Sickness, as the downtrodden rise up against the priviledged and the dead pile up. Homeless and on the run, she navigates this new world and tries to uncover the true nature of her father's company. A coming of age story in a dark future.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Daphne is a fourteen-year-old girl who leads a life of wealth and privilege but also great loneliness. She is the daughter of the CEO of a biotech mega-company who has gone missing, and a beautiful but failed movie star of a mother. her wish to escape her little bubble and explore the outside world becomes true when her life gets torn apart in a rash of violent riots and The Sickness, as the downtrodden rise up against the priviledged and the dead pile up. Homeless and on the run, she navigates this new world and tries to uncover the true nature of her father's company. A coming of age story in a dark future.
Autorenporträt
Leah Erickson is the author of the novels "The Brambles," (2017) "Blythe of the Gates,"(2018) "The Gilded Lynx," (2019) and "The Vesper Bell." (2022) She is the recipient of the Independent Press Award and the Independent Book Award, as well as a silver medal from the Reader's Favorite Awards, and a Gold Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. She is a 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee. Her short fiction has appeared in many magazines and journals in print and online, including The Brussels Review, The Fabulist, Pantheon Magazine, The Saint Ann's Review, Eclectica, The KGB Bar Literary Journal, The Coachella Review, and many more. She lives in Newport, Rhode Island with her husband and daughter.