Riyati Recollection by Kai Zeal

When the night is at its darkest, the sparks of life shine brightest. Kylie thought the danger was over: the last of Asuza’s followers now dead, she was free to live life as a normal teenager — a freshman in college, the events of her high school years behind her. But what should’ve been a fun vacation to Savannah takes a dark turn as an undead Riyatian attacks Maya and leaves Kylie with a cryptic message: her existence damned every other mage and she should not have survived that fateful day in June. Kylie is left with only questions; but the most difficult one of all is if she is even worth saving, even if it's just to make amends. But time is of the essence and she can't afford to wallow. She must now decipher the truth of the warning and figure out how to save the other mages before it’s too late. Riyati Recollection is the fourth book in a new adult/adult contemporary, low dark fantasy series that seeks to explore themes of identity, legacy, generational trauma, and finding your own path in life. The series is set in the modern day fictional Southern US town of Opal Pines and includes multiple first person perspectives with characters across a range of queer, neurodiverse, and socioeconomic statuses.

Adult • Diversity Representation/Disability • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices • Fantasy/Dark • Fantasy/Contemporary • Diversity Representation/Neurodiversity

Length: 87,000 words (about 249 pages)

Content Warning: Adoption, alcoholism, anxiety, attempted suicide, blood, bullying, child abuse, classism, confinement, controlling parents, death, decapitation, emotional abuse, emotional manipulation, family conflict, fear of abandonment, gaslighting, hostage situations, human experimentation, human trafficking, kidnapping, misogyny, murder, loss of a loved one, parental neglect, physical abuse, poverty, self-harm, stalking, strong adult language, substance abuse, suffocation, suicide, suicidal ideation, torture, trauma-based responses, trauma-induced nightmares, verbal abuse, victim blaming.