Be careful what you listen to. Five years ago, Fiona was just a kid. But everything changed the night the Pit Viper came to town. Sure, he rid the quiet, idyllic suburb of Hamm of its darkest problems. But Fiona witnessed something much, much worse from Hamms adults when they drove him away. And now, the Pit Viper is back. Fionas not just a kid anymore. She can handle the darkness she sees in the Pit Viper, a DJ whose wicked tattoos, quiet anger, and hypnotic music seem to speak to every teen in town except her. She can handle watching as each of her friends seems to be overcome by the music. She can even handle her unnerving suspicion that the DJ is hell-bent on revenge. But shes not sure she can handle falling in love with him.

 

 

There are 400 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2018 by Entangled Publishing, LLC .

Christopher Krovatin is the author of the Gravediggers series as well as the young adult novels Heavy Metal and You and Venomous. He is also a contributing writer to Revolver magazine and a lifelong devotee to the zombie genre. He lives in Brooklyn.