The Crystal Gaze - Paperback

by Harshika Deepak Gidwani (Author)

Some monsters steal lives. This one steals souls.

Thirteen-year-old Hannah Thorne thought her father vanished without a trace-until she saw him frozen in crystal. Now, five years later, people across the world are turning to diamond statues: animals mid-leap, neighbors frozen mid-sentence, strangers caught in a final breath. No one knows how. No one knows why.

But Hannah is determined to find out.

Armed with a magical orb, a cryptic map, and a heart full of questions, Hannah uncovers a hidden library buried beneath her town-and a terrifying creature that slips between worlds, leaving only gleaming statues behind.

As the crystallization spreads and the Beast draws closer, Hannah must team up with two unlikely allies: Diana, a fearless daredevil with a sharp tongue, and Amara, a brilliant skeptic hiding secrets of her own.

Together, they must uncover the truth before it's too late. Because the Beast doesn't just take lives.

It takes souls.