Face the Night

On a harsh frontier where good and evil contend for people’s minds, a young woman should fight for her true identity in this scintillating YA fantasy from the creator of the award-winning Age of the Seventh Sun trilogy.

Once, Catriona Macgregor led a charmed life. Daughter of a wealthy rancher, pretty and educated, she looked forward to the entire world had to offer—until fate took a turn. Now family, home, and even her name have been stripped away. As “Black Cat Whitfield,” adopted daughter of an outlaw, she’s wanted by the authorities. It certainly wasn’t the destiny she imagined—especially as probably the most Blessed.

The Blessed, rare people like Cat, are supposed to use their gifts to carry out missions for the Patron Saints, but she can only believe that Saint Prudentia made a terrible mistake in choosing her. Still, her gift has never deserted her. Whenever danger threatens, Cat receives a vision—just in time to save her life. And when she meets a renegade priest, Father Ignatius, he helps her bear in mind how her ability could also be a part of a much bigger picture. A picture that involves facing up to the monstrous Baron Caldwell—the one that ordered her parents killed—and his son, Adrian, who betrayed them all.

Cat is torn between guilt over her parents’ death, a longing for vengeance against their killers, and a dismaying new interest in Adrian. It would be easiest to flee the whole situation and never look back. But as someone once told her, you’ll be able to’t outrun the darkness on your heels. There’s only one way to break through to sunrise—by turning to face the night.