SOULCAST

YA Fantasy (Coming Summer 2027)

(From Peachtree Teen/ Distributed by Penguin Random House)

THE HUNGER GAMES meets CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE set in a lush, sweeping fantasy world inspired by the Central African mythology of the Underworld of Kalunga

To save his mother’s soul, Krio will burn the kingdom that betrayed his family

When sixteen-year-old Krio’s mother is struck with a death curse, he must infiltrate the Soul Cast Trials, a deadly competition to unlock a passage to the underworld, in order to save her. To stay alive, he teams up with a brooding enemy prince whose secrets may be the key to survival, because if he fails the trials, not only will his mother lose her soul—it will cost him his own.

Art by Mike Katar