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From grade school to junior year, Ian Wilder's heart belongs to one person-his next-door neighbor and best friend Penelope Archer. To him, they match like the last two puzzle pieces across an infinite, jigsaw universe. Together, they spend every free moment in the outgrown treehouse adjoining their yards. There, under the dull glow of dying flashlights, Ian scribbles the words and Penelope paints the worlds from their imagination. From western shootouts with kooky outlaws or surviving a horde of alien zombies aboard a space station, their stories have always been more vivid than reality. But junior year hits harder. Their stories take a back seat to make out sessions under the sleeping bags of that old treehouse. And as these two puzzle pieces jostle closer to completing the universe, something changes. Penelope grows distant. Troubled. Bad dreams and unforgiving worry wrack her mind. And then, the unthinkable-a brain aneurysm. And Penelope's gone. Ian cracks and succumbs to a walking state of catatonia. They were team. They had plans. A future. Together. How could he go on without her? When his parents drag him to her funeral, a hallucination of Penelope breaks through his madness. But it couldn't be her. He saw her body in the casket. When Ian finally returns to school, a strange substitute teacher tells Ian that infinite realities exist across a multiverse, and worse, an alternate version of Penelope is in danger. He needs Ian's help to navigate to a distant reality to save her from a world of blood-thirsty pirates. What more could Ian lose? His mind is already lost. But he could see her one more time. Or more. Ian doesn't need an A in Calculus to figure this out. The Ghost of the Wicked Crow is a story about a teenager using his overactive imagination to cope with trauma. Can you solve your problems with the multiverse at your fingertips? Or does it fracture your psyche and family even further?

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"""In The Ghost of the Wicked Crow, Scott Welvaert has woven together a mind-bending adventure that spans time and space, a fascinating blend of coming-of-age fantasy, interdimensional intrigue, and swashbuckling action. Ian Wilder is a character you'll want to spend time with, which works out great because this is the first book of a series."" - Allen Eskens, award-winning and best-selling author of Saving Emma, Forsaken Country, and The Stolen Hours ""Call it what you will-a ghost story, a fable, a love story, a psychological thriller-The Ghost of the Wicked Crow fits all those labels and more. It's entertaining. It's literary. It's a true joy to read, a well-built world one can't help escaping into. But at its heart the novel is a wild ride that you should buckle in for, a beautiful story built with beautiful sentences and complex, relatable characters moved forward with a plot you can't step or look away from. With this novel Welvaert has given us a gift, an entertaining tale that offers hope, something we could all use in these times. It gives us an insightful look into what it means to be human. It's a magnificent book, beautifully written and entertaining, lovely page by lovely page, a meaningful blast to read. The world just became a better place with this novel in it."" - Kevin Langton, author of Superior ""We are still in a torrid love affair with the multiverse itself. So in a time and a place where Marvel has tried to bleed the concept dry and A23 may have set the high water mark with ""Everything, Everywhere, All at Once,"" it takes a brave soul to delve into the topic these days and play around with the possibilities. Scott Welvaert is one of those brave souls. With his book The Ghost of the Wicked Crow, Welvaert boisterously sets sail with the first book in The Lost Zenith series."" - Jason Glaser, author of Double Jump"

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Scott Welvaert lives in Minnesota with his wife, two daughters and a deaf husky named Rocket. He has authored numerous books, including The Curse of the Wendigo, The Mosquito King, The Alabaster Ring, Grotesque, and The 13th Floor. An avid outdoorsman and comic book nerd, he enjoys writing stories that bend the fabric of reality and offer something more than this world can conjure.

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