Beware the Night by Jessika Fleck

Beware the Night by Jessika Fleck

On the island of Bellona, they worship the sun. Seventeen-year-old Veda understands that keeping the sun content ensures plentiful crops, peace and harmony, and a thriving economy. But as a member of the Basso class, she never reaps those benefits.

Life as a Basso is one fraught with back-breaking work and imposing rules. Her close friendship with Nico is Veda's one saving grace in a cruel world where the division between her people and the ruling Dogio is as wide and winding as the canals that snake through their island.

But when Veda's grandfather is chosen as the next sacrificial offering to keep the sun's favor, Veda is forced to see the injustice of her world. Turning away from the sun means she must join the night--and an underground revolution she's been taught to fear all her life.

Jessika Fleck is a writer, unabashed coffee user, and knitter who really hopes to one day be able to accomplish all three at the same time. Until then, she'll keep collecting ancient typewriters and hourglasses, fantasizing about a trip to Ireland, and persuading her husband that they NEED more kitties. She's lived all around the United States. She's lived everywhere from Hawaii to Vermont, but now she's settled in Illinois, where she's learning to appreciate cornfields and terrifyingly big cicadas. She lives there with her husband, a sociology professor, and two daughters. FEAR THE NIGHT is her second young adult novel to be published.