Vicarious

A Korean-American girl searches for her sister’s killer in this YA sci-fi mystery adventure—“A total mind-bending thrill ride, with a heroine who’s as smart as she is strong. Readers will love Winter” (Lindsay Cummings, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Zenith and The Murder Complex).

“Stokes gives fans of suspense a story full of twists and turns.” —School Library Journal

Winter Kim and her sister, Rose, work as high-tech stunt girls for Rose’s ex-boyfriend, Gideon, engaging in dangerous and enticing activities while recording their neural impulses for his Vicarious Sensory Experiences, or ViSEs. Whether it's bungee jumping, shark diving, or grinding up against celebrities at the city's hottest dance clubs, Gideon can make it happen for you—for a price.When Rose disappears and a ViSE recording of her murder is delivered to Gideon, Winter is devastated. She won’t rest until she finds her sister’s killer. But when the clues she uncovers conflict with the neural recordings her sister made, Winter isn’t sure what to believe. To find out what happened to Rose, she’ll have to untangle what’s real from what only seems real, risking her life in the process.

“Reading Vicarious is like tiptoeing across a field of landmines. Blindfolded. Stokes delivers enough adrenaline to make readers beg for mercy.” —Victoria Scott, author of Titans and Fire & Flood

“An action-packed thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end—I couldn’t put it down!” —Kristi Helvig, author of Burn Out and Strange Skies