by Jayne Castle
First published 2024
Joshua Knight once led respected expeditions into Harmony's alien Underworld. Now the press calls him the Tarnished Knight. A catastrophe in the Glass House sector destroyed his career and scrambled his psychic abilities. His entire team vanished, presumed dead. The crystal maze they explored supposedly holds powerful alien artifacts, but Josh remembers nothing clearly. Branded paranoid and delusional, he retreats to a desert mansion covered in mirrors. He spends his days studying the looking glasses, searching for answers before time runs out. Crystal artist Molly Griffin tracks Josh down because she needs him. Her sister Leona was part of his lost expedition team. Molly believes she can restore Josh's damaged psychic senses. Josh agrees to let her stay one night but sets two firm rules. She cannot enter the basement. She cannot remove the drapes covering certain mirrors. Molly's only chance of finding her sister alive means breaking both rules.
Genres: science-fiction, romance, adventure, mystery, fantasy, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, lost-expedition
Setting: Harmony, Glass House, Desert Mansion
Period: Present Day
320 pages · Hardcover · Berkley
Content warnings: mental-illness