Everclear

A powerful YA speculative novel about a missing father, a changing body, and the buried truths of language, memory, and identity.

A missing father.
A body that is changing.
A truth that was never meant to surface.

Sixteen-year-old Kai Mendelsohn has spent her life medicated, monitored, and kept close. When her father brings her to a remote research station in Northern Québec, Kai finds herself far from San Francisco and everything familiar.

Beyond the compound lies a world shaped by Indigenous lands, languages, and histories that have endured despite forced assimilation and corporate control. When Kai ventures outside for the first time, she encounters local teens searching for families of their own—and begins a journey into a territory where the past has not been erased so easily.

Without her medication, Kai experiences strange disruptions. Words in long-suppressed languages come to her unbidden. Memories surface that are not hers. Her body begins to change in ways she cannot explain.

What she once believed was an illness may be something else entirely.

As buried truths emerge, Kai must decide whom she can trust, confront the forces determined to keep the past hidden, and discover what she is becoming.

For readers who enjoy

• Atmospheric YA speculative fiction
• Mysteries involving memory and identity
• Stories of resistance and cultural survival
• Near-future dystopian settings
• Coming-of-age stories rooted in land and language

Not sure yet?

Venture beyond the compound and experience the opening chapters for yourself.

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Author: Jennifer DeLeskie

Publication Date: August 25, 2026

Language:

• ENG- English

Genre:

• Young adult
• Climate Fiction
• Sci-fi
• Dystopia

Publisher: Flame Arrow Publishing