North

When her car dies on the edge of a town that time forgot, Cassie figures she's having the worst day of her life. Then the screaming starts. The town of North has a secret. Every few decades, something hungry wakes up. The locals call it the Nothing. It doesn't kill you—it arranges accidents. A loose stair. A crack in the road. A moment of distraction. The town calls them tragedies. Cassie knows better. Stranded with a dead phone and a compass that won't stop spinning, she meets Leo, a boy carrying guilt from the last time the Nothing fed. Together, they uncover a trail left by other survivors—a network of hand-drawn maps and tarnished compasses that point the way to safety. Or so they hope. Joined by Riley, a girl who's been running her whole life, the three follow the path into the mountains. But the Nothing is watching. It knows they're together. And the closer they get to the wound in the world where it lives, the harder it will push back against their deepest fears. To seal the Nothing away, one of them will have to make the ultimate choice. Because surviving isn't the same as living—and the only way home might cost everything. North is a story of fear, courage, and the unbreakable bonds forged in the dark.