A twisted take on the battle of good & evil from Michael Grant the dark genius of YA Fiction When Mara wakes up lying in a field of dead grass & shrouded by a heavy mist she can remember nothing but her name At first she thinks she is dead But then she meets him young good-looking but pale almost to translucence & dressed all in black He is the Messenger of Fear But what does he want with her? & what is the significance of the dead girl in the coffin? The Messenger sees the darkness in young hearts & the damage it inflicts upon the world If the wicked go unpunished he offers them a game Win & they can go free Lose & they will live out their greatest fear But why has Mara been chosen to accompany the Messenger & what secrets are lurking in her memories that are just out of reach? Messenger of Fear is a fantastic allegory of our times in the spirit of The Hunger Games or Divergent It is about the pain of adolescence teen suicide & guilt It is the kind of gothic horror that could only have come from the pen of Michael Grant the man who gave us GONE Don't miss the heart-stopping sequel The Tattooed Heart Michael Grant has lived an exciting fast-paced life He moved in with his wife Katherine Applegate after only 24 hours He has co-authored over 160 books but promises that everything he writes is like nothing you've ever read before! Michael Grant is also the author of the GONE Series Gone Plague Light Hunger Lies Fear & the BZRK trilogy BZRK BZRK Reloaded BZRK Apocalypse