Caleb Rivers was supposed to die in a quiet campus crosswalk.
Instead, something pulled him back.
After surviving an accident that should have ended his life, Caleb begins to notice things he can't explain. Shadows move when no one else is looking. Certain people leave rooms feeling colder and heavier than before. And sometimes, when he looks into someone's eyes, he feels a hollow darkness staring back.
As the strange awareness inside him grows stronger, Caleb discovers a terrifying truth: creatures known as Hollowborn walk among the living, hiding behind ordinary faces while feeding on fear, despair, and shame. Most people never notice them.
Caleb does.
Drawn into a hidden conflict he never asked to join, Caleb finds unexpected allies-a hardened fighter who knows more about the unseen war than she lets on, a cautious strategist searching for answers, a friend whose faith refuses to die, and a perceptive girl who can sense the darkness long before it reveals itself.
But Caleb's awakening hasn't gone unnoticed.
The more he learns to trust the mysterious Light growing inside him, the more attention he draws from the Hollowborn who hunt in the shadows. What first seemed like a strange ability soon reveals itself as something far more dangerous-something capable of pushing back the darkness itself.
And the creatures feeding on the world's brokenness have no intention of letting that happen.
As the lines between the seen and unseen worlds begin to blur, Caleb must confront the truth about why he survived, what the Light inside him means, and what it will cost to stand against the dark.
Because once you see the darkness hiding in the world...
it starts seeing you too.
