368 pages | Paperback

Now in paperback, from debut novelist Laura Maylene Walter, in a world where female bodies hold the map to the future, one young woman must fight to change her familys fate.

Celeste Morton has eagerly awaited her passage to adulthood. Like every girl, she was born with a set of childhood markingsthe freckles, moles, and birthmarks on her body that foretell her future and that of those around herand with puberty will come a new set of predictions that will solidify her fate. The possibilities are tantalizing enough to outweigh her worry that the future she dreams of wont be the one shes fated to experience.

Celestes beloved brother, Miles, who is training to be a fortune-teller, is equally anticipating what Celestes transformation will reveal. But when Celeste matures to her adult markings, she discovers a devastating omen about Miless future. Desperate to protect her family from the truth, Celestes once charmed life unravels, forcing her to question everything shes ever known about fate and female agency, and face the perils of knowing whats to come too soon.