Signalz

With this chilling, standalone prequel to Nightworld, Wilson draws readers into the eerie universe of the Adversary Cycle. On a family visit to New York City, teenage Ellie hears a sound that neither her mother nor sister can hear. It starts as a low hum, but grows louder and more painful as she follows it to its source in Central Park’s Sheep Meadow. She’s rescued from the overwhelming cacophony by a strange man, Tier Hill, who can also hear the sound and pulls her away from the source to the quiet safety of the street. But Ellie’s encounter with the sound leaves her covered in third degree burns, and she falls into a coma. When she wakes up months later, her odd behavior leads her mother to believe that something strange has taken control of her daughter’s body. Elsewhere in New York, Hari Tate, a forensic accountant, and Donny Tuite, her client’s assistant, team up to investigate a secret society obsessed with strange “signals” that may spell the end of the world. Wilson’s fast-paced, efficient plotting impresses as the disparate plots converge. New readers and series fans alike will be swept away by this supernatural thriller. (July)