Anomalous : Book 1

by Kate Edler

Becker was the sort of town a train could run clear through. An empty place in a nowhere part of America. Not one thing special about it. Except town troublemaker, Tom Colton. Tom can split himself in two, an inexplicable power he’s had since birth that, frankly, comes in handy when his stepdad is being a jerk or school is getting dull as hell. Or when you’re trying to shake a car that’s been following you for the last two weeks, and you don’t know why. It’s the start of his sophomore year of high school, and this car is about to show Tom that he’s not alone. Four other kids with four other powers are being followed. Golden boy Cassidy Argos, know-it-all Crystal Kern, wallflower Jase Geary, class comic relief Brian Poins – they couldn’t be more different. But with their closest-held secrets now bared, they join forces to follow the car that’s been following them. Down a dark path they go through failed classes, missing persons, interrogation rooms, and psychological horrors, until this mysterious antagonist forces them to harness the powers they’ve been hiding their whole lives and become the superheroes they were always meant to be.

251 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 31, 2020

About the author

Kate Edler has been a teenager from the age of 7 when she picked up her first Stephen King novel. She continued to be a teenager through the age of 21, attending NYU for both film production and literature, becoming a semi-finalist in the American Zoetrope screenwriting competition, and getting Hemingway quotes tattooed on her arm. Kate was still a teenager in 2014 when she was a finalist in the Hardie Grant Ampersand Project. Today, Kate remains a teenager at the age of 36, living in Brooklyn, NY and working as a Director of Marketing for a fashion company that lets her play dress-up. Whenever possible, Kate can be found at a concert.