Veritas

“Although we’ve got used to second-generation actors equaling or surpassing the accomplishments of their parents, the same hasn’t happened with second-generation novelists. Nonetheless there are a few . . .and added to their small number ought to be Kaylie Jones.” —New York Times

 HOPE BOISSEVAIN AND HER MOTHER have spent their lives on the run. In a near-future America ruled by despotism and fear, her mother claims to see the future in visions and insists their family has a special destiny. Hiding in a remote cabin in Northern California, Hope finds stability through Master Canegata’s martial arts training and meets Eerik, an idealistic tech warrior. Together they have a daughter, Remy.

But when Remy begins having visions like her grandmother, Hope must confront an impossible truth: her mother’s gift is real—the lost Veritas exists. The Boissevains are the descendants of an ancient line of seers dating back to the early 1300s, but with this powerful gift comes a weighty responsibility that Hope doesn’t yet understand.

Pursued by a faction of the New Moral Majority government, which will stop at nothing to amass more power, Hope and Remy race across worlds as they uncover their family’s secret history that reaches back to the Crusades. A storm is coming, and survival means embracing an ancient mission: to protect the future from those who seek to control it.

Veritas will appeal to fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Deborah Harkness and was inspired by the novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Fred Vargas.