Every Hero Has a Beginning

Sixteen-year-old Zoe Dixon has never had a normal life. Her parents work deep inside the U.S. intelligence agency, and "family game night" in the Dixon house means lock-picking, combat drills, and learning how to disappear.

Zoe knows the rules. Stay alert. Keep a low profile. And never make connections.

But when a student is found dead at her new school, staying invisible gets complicated. Corey Park, the classmate she can't seem to shake, doesn't believe the official story. The dead boy was his friend, and after Corey sees what Zoe can really do, he's convinced she's the only person who can help him find the truth.

Helping Corey means stepping out of the shadows and breaking every rule Zoe has spent years trying to follow. But the deeper she digs, the more one thing becomes clear: this murder is only the beginning. And the truth Zoe uncovers may be more dangerous than the killer she's trying to find.

Awakening is the first book in the Zoe Dixon Saga, a fast-paced YA action thriller for fans of Marvel's Black Widow, Alex Rider,and the dangerous family secrets of J.J. Abrams' Alias