The Sight

In the tradition of Camilla Sten and Victor LaValle, Melanie Golding’s newest thriller is a chilling carnival-set suspense, perfect for fans of Stranger Things.

Ten-year-old Faith thought her entire life would revolve around the traveling circus. When her brother and his friend drown after falling into a lake, it’s clear that fate has other plans for her—especially when she dreamed of the tragic accident before it happened. Once her extremely superstitious family learn of the dream, they threaten to kick her out of the troupe forever. Faith, blaming herself for not preventing the accident, tries unsuccessfully to rid herself of her visions, leaving her with horrific scars. For the next twelve years, she manages to control it, and, more importantly, keep it a secret.

Everything changes after a run-in with an unruly circus customer, when a prediction is caught on camera and shared widely on social media. Faith is banned from the circus she loves and abandoned by her ringmaster uncle and a cousin who took over her share of the business. Faced with no income to support her dying mother, together with her friend Betsy at her side, the two decide to start over and turn Faith’s curse into an opportunity by starting a death prediction service.

Business is booming, but when Faith comes across a down-on-his-luck soldier, she predicts that she’ll be the one responsible for his murder. Facing a crisis like never before, Faith wonders: if she can predict a deadly future, can she also change it?