I'm excited to join in the Cover Reveal for Lies of the Mind: A Fantasy Mystery Novella & Anthology by Josiah Degraaf!

Knives Out meets Shadows of Self as a mindreader must stop a child kidnapper without revealing the extent of her powers.

Blurb:

Seeing into other people’s minds cost her everything.

When the gods gave her mind-sight, Sian believed she could use it to help others. She wasn’t prepared for how many friends she’d lose once they realized what she knew about them.

So she hid it.

For a year, she has walked carefully among the legendary order of Heralds. She kept her head down. Followed the Code. Pretended she could only read minds through touch.

Then orphans begin disappearing. And Sian discovers a terrifying truth: Someone inside the Heralds is kidnapping them.

She has no hard proof—only mental fragments no one else can see. When the ruling council refuses to act, Sian hunts for the truth in secret. But the deeper she searches, the more she risks exposing her secret and losing all the relationships she’s worked to build.

Will exposing a criminal cost her the few friends she has left?

This brand new novella features:

A protagonist who must make hard decisions in order to do the right thing

Cliffside heists

A story that feels like you're playing social deduction games like One Night Werewolf or Coup

Discover what only mind readers know about the secret lives of everyone around them.

Join the Launch!

The book launches on Kickstarter this March, where backers can help fund a bunch of interior illustrations. You can follow the project here to be the first to know when it releases: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/josiahdegraaf/lies-of-the-mind-a-fantasy-mystery-novella-and-anthology 

I can’t wait to read a fantasy mystery from a mind reader’s perspective!

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