Flickerstate

Description:

A Study In Drowning meets Neverworld Wake in this debut YA fantasy filled with lush world-building, heart stopping romance, and high-stakes competition that could be the key to everything.

Norah Sullivan has just discovered she's a navigator: a person who can manipulate probability. The same day Norah's navigation manifests, she and her father are swarmed by flickerbeasts. When a flickerbeast bites you, your risk of death skyrockets. And pretty soon, her father gets sick.

Desperate to find a cure, Norah applies to the Academy of Navigation, where there are rumors of restricted information on beast bites hidden in research archives. Once on campus, Norah learns that only senior research assistants are allowed in the archives--and you can only become one by winning a team trial designed to push your navigation abilities to the brink.

She'll need to rely on her roommates, as well as her peer mentor, the handsome Vik Souza, to win the competition. But trouble arises at every turn. There are tensions in the group, romantic complications, and unexplained student disappearances. As Norah gets deeper into the competition, she realizes not everything is as it seems, and the stakes are much higher than she ever could have imagined.

Brief description:

F.A. Davidson is a freelance writer based in North Carolina. She holds a B.A. in English from Yale University, where she studied creative writing. Flickerstate is her debut novel.

Review Quotes: "Davidson presents a unique and enthralling spin on magical school fantasy in her fresh debut... It's a top-notch blend of thrilling action, atmospheric worldbuilding, and keenly wrought prose that champions community and its ability to offer life-changing support." -- Publishers Weekly, STARRED review