THE VARIANT

What if the absolute best version of yourself wanted you dead?

Every senior gets one week in a parallel universe. It's called The Exchange, a government-sponsored breakthrough that lets teenagers meet the alternate versions of themselves.

Seventeen-year-old Mara Vale expects her counterpart to be just as ordinary as she is.

Instead, she meets Vera.

Confident. Brilliant. Fearless. Everything Mara has ever wished she could become.

But beneath Vera's perfect life lies a terrifying secret. Someone is murdering Mara's alternate selves across the multiverse, and Vera is always one step ahead.

As realities begin to collapse, Mara is thrust into a deadly chase through fractured worlds where no one can be trusted, every choice creates another future, and the person hunting her knows every thought she'll ever have.

To survive, Mara must outwit the one enemy she can never truly escape.

Herself.

THE VARIANT is a gripping YA sci-fi thriller that blends multiverse mystery, psychological suspense, identity horror, and high-stakes adventure.