Strangers in Our Heads

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gemma a seventeen-year-old orphan and empath wants nothing more than to be normal. But after her older sister is killed in a hit-and-run she discovers she can drain the energy out of any living thing. Fearing she might hurt someone with the faintest touch Gemma flees from her foster home-guided by a boy she's dreamed about for years but doesn't believe is real.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Meanwhile Theo the eighteen-year-old astral-projecting leader of a ragtag group of magical misfits is doing everything he can to protect his found family after he failed to keep his little sister alive. From rummaging through dumpsters for food stealing from convenience stores and throwing punches in illegal fighting rings for extra cash there's nothing he won't do to keep the crew safe from the Authorities who are hunting kids like them.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Gemma shows up in Theo's world their dreams become a shocking reality. The problem is that neither thought the other truly existed. Now they have to learn how to trust each other in person as much as they had in their fantasies if they want their secrets to remain hidden. What's worse Theo didn't guide her there. Instead a vengeful entity hell-bent on stealing Gemma's powers did. She and Theo must work through their grief to banish him or risk losing each other for good. But doing so won't be easy when kids with powers are being hunted by something far far worse than a ghost.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In a cruel contemporary world can a handful of teens rely on one another to beat the odds?</span></p>