Norah Sullivan gains the power to manipulate probability—also called “navigation”—the same day she and her father are attacked by flickerbeasts, whose bites increase their likelihood of dying a horrifying death. Because Norah was only bitten once, she is able to manage the slow mystical effect of the attack; however, her father quickly becomes ill after
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In the 1970s, an intensive program to eradicate drug addiction made waves. Synanon was at first seen as a positive force, endorsed by celebrities and politicians. Soon, however, darker truths were revealed about the group’s “healing” methodologies and the trauma it forced on innocent adults and children. Rowan Beaird’s sophomore novel, Tenderness, chronicles the 1976
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