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The Valley and the Flood

By: Rebecca Mahoney
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole
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Summary

"A tense and beautiful tale about the monsters we make and the memories that haunt us." (Kate Alice Marshall, author of I Am Still Alive and Rules for Vanishing)

Rose Colter is almost home, but she can't go back there yet. When her car breaks down in the Nevada desert, the silence of the night is broken by a radio broadcast of a voicemail message from her best friend, Gaby. A message Rose has listened to countless times over the past year. The last one Gaby left before she died.

So Rose follows the lights from the closest radio tower to Lotus Valley, a small town where prophets are a dime a dozen, secrets lurk in every shadow, and the diner pie is legendary. And according to Cassie Cyrene, the town's third most accurate prophet, they've been waiting for her. Because Rose's arrival is part of a looming prophecy, one that says a flood will destroy Lotus Valley in just three days' time.

Rose believes if the prophecy comes true then it will confirm her worst fear - the PTSD she was diagnosed with after Gaby's death has changed her in ways she can't face. So with help from new friends, Rose sets out to stop the flood, but her connection to it, and to this strange little town, runs deeper than she could've imagined.

Debut author Rebecca Mahoney delivers an immersive and captivating novel about magical places, found family, the power of grief and memory, and the journey toward reconciling who you think you've become with the person you've been all along.

©2020 Rebecca Mahoney (P)2020 Listening Library
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Critic reviews

A Winter 2020-21 Indie Next Top 10 pick

A Kirkus Best Book of February 2021

A Booklist Top 10 SFF/Horror Debut of 2021

A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021

A Boston Globe Best Book of 2021

"In this ensnaring tale, debut author Mahoney strikes a flowing balance, weaving together suspense, connection, uncanniness, healing, devastation, and hope. Superb storytelling." (Kirkus, starred review)

"Mahoney has crafted a wholly unique world, replete with mysterious, otherworldly 'neighbors' and a foreboding prophecy that Rose’s arrival in town will bring about an apocalyptic flood...[a] poignant exploration of emotion and trauma." (Booklist, starred review)

"Debut author Mahoney deals with themes of grief and loss in a Twilight Zone setting.... Part mystery, part thriller, part horror-lite." (School Library Journal)

"Refreshingly, wholly original, The Valley and the Flood will haunt you long after you turn the final page. A beautiful triumph of a debut." (Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of the Reign of the Fallen series)

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