Second Sight

What if every lie left something you could see?

For Emily Monroe, dishonesty is more than a feeling. Lies arrive with a pressure she cannot ignore and flashes of the truth people are trying to hide. At school, her unwanted ability makes ordinary friendships difficult and attracts cruelty, suspicion and attention she never asked for. At home, knowing the truth offers little protection from the people closest to her.

Her friend Alex is one of the few who sees a person rather than a spectacle. But as a violent event in Manhattan shakes the country, Emily’s gift begins to matter far beyond the corridors of her school. Powerful people are shaping a story the public is meant to believe, and a girl who can see through deception is a dangerous complication.

Caught between family pressures, official interest and her own need for an ordinary life, Emily must decide whom to trust and when to speak. Second Sight explores the cost of truth in a world where everyone has a reason to conceal it.