Danielle

They’ll never let her forget it.

Fifteen-year-old Danielle Ward just wants to be invisible. School is agony. Crowds feel like attacks. Even her own skin feels too tight. The only thing that calms the storm in her head is her Walkman and the voice of Al Green.

Then the unthinkable happens.

A surge of raw, uncontrollable power erupts from Danielle—destroying her home and shattering her life. Labeled a “weapon” and a “monster,” she’s ripped from everything she knows and sent to St. Youth’s Mental Institution.

Locked away, stripped of her music, her dignity, and her name, Danielle faces a cold truth: the world fears what it can’t control. Behind sterile walls and under the watchful eye of a warden who sees her only as a threat, she must confront the terrifying force within her.

Is she a victim? A villain?

Or something else entirely?

A haunting, electric debut about trauma, terrifying power, and the search for humanity when the world sees you as a weapon.

After a tragic outburst shatters her family, Danielle is locked away and drugged into silence. But when Miguel, a kindhearted staff member, offers her a device that might help her control her powers, the two risk everything to escape. Hunted and hurt, Danielle must decide whether she’s destined to destroy—or strong enough to choose something better. Danielle is a powerful story about trauma, trust, and what happens when someone finally sees the soul behind brokenness.

-- K. Anderson