Pseudocide - Sometimes you have to die to survive

by A. K. Smith

Overview

This tense tale will keep readers on edge until its surprising finale. - Kirkus Reviews

"A gripping suspense novel with unexpected twists."
"Teen fans of Gone Girl will enjoy this smart, dark and unpredictable novel."
"Fans of Natasha Preston and Karen M. McManus will enjoy."

SHE THOUGHT FAKING HER DEATH WAS THE ANSWER TO A NEW DESTINY

SHE WAS WRONG

PLAYING DEAD ISN'T EASY

Sunday Foster had THE PLAN.
Make it through the rest of high school, graduate and THE PLAN will begin. Only, fate chose a different path; one decision, one second changed everything, THE PLAN is ruined.

And then a new idea emerges.
What if you could escape your life? Change your name, where you live, and escape all the bad stuff that keeps happening.

Sunday decides in order to change her destiny she must fake her death and start a new life. Pseudocide not suicide.
Sunday has secrets, but she's not the only one.
That's when Sunday must decide how far she will go to hide the truth.

Plans never work out quite the way you expect.

Sometimes you have to die to survive.

For fans of One of is US Lying, Panic, or 13 Reasons Why who want to discover something new ...
Fast-paced with unexpected twists, PSEUDOCIDE intrigues and satisfies yet leaves you thinking about the
characters long after the conclusion."
-Jessica Lee Anderson, author of Border Crossing

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949325751
Publisher:	Books With Soul Press
Publication date:	06/19/2021
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Full of wanderlust and a professional sunset watcher, A.K. Smith writes twisty suspense books that will keep you up late. Her debut novel, A Deep Thing was awarded the Readers Favorite Gold Medal. A freelance travel writer (under another name), she loves to experience the world, and discover new settings to feature in her latest novels and articles. If she’s not on the water or in the water, she is looking at the water. She spends her days working remotely online in either Mexico on the Sea of Cortez, or in the desert or forests of Arizona. Beautiful settings provide thousands of story ideas that she can’t wait to get down on paper. She is convinced, her best life is with a beach, a book, and a blanket. Her big loves are her husband, family, friends, and kindness. Her goal is to step foot on every continent on Planet Earth (maybe even the moon) --she's slowly getting there.

Editorial Reviews

"Maybe that's what tragedy does to you: it wakes you up and gives you a second chance at life." Pseudocide's exploration of this process and how Sunday discovers her own strengths and abilities to survive makes for a thoroughly engrossing story that's hard to put down.

Midwest Book Review - Diane Donovan

"An intriguing YA tale, peppered with plot twists and underscored by a simmering tone of desperation."

Author of The Haunted Purse - Kimberely Baer

Fast-paced with unexpected twists, PSEUDOCIDE intrigues and satisfies yet leaves you thinking about the characters long after the conclusion."

Author of Border Crossing - Jessica Lee Andersen

Mature teen to adults will find Pseudocide - Sometimes You Have to Die to Survive's story of a walk out of life to be intriguing. The premise (and the definition of the term 'pseudocide') lies in faking one's death to embark on a new life.

Midwest Book Review - Diane Donavon

This tense tale will keep readers on edge until its surprising finale.

Kirkus Review