-
Your next favorite book
is waiting.
A Study In Drowning meets Neverworld Wake in this debut YA fantasy filled with lush world-building, heart stopping romance, and high-stakes competition that could be the key to everything.
Norah Sullivan has just discovered she's a navigator: a person who can manipulate probability. The same day Norah's navigation manifests, she and her father are swarmed by flickerbeasts. When a flickerbeast bites you, your risk of death skyrockets. And pretty soon, her father gets sick.
Desperate to find a cure, Norah applies to the Academy of Navigation, where there are rumors of restricted information on beast bites hidden in research archives. Once on campus, Norah learns that only senior research assistants are allowed in the archives―and you can only become one by winning a team trial designed to push your navigation abilities to the brink.
She'll need to rely on her roommates, as well as her peer mentor, the handsome Vik Souza, to win the competition. But trouble arises at every turn. There are tensions in the group, romantic complications, and unexplained student disappearances. As Norah gets deeper into the competition, she realizes not everything is as it seems, and the stakes are much higher than she ever could have imagined.
"Davidson presents a unique and enthralling spin on magical school fantasy in her fresh debut... It's a top-notch blend of thrilling action, atmospheric worldbuilding, and keenly wrought prose that champions community and its ability to offer life-changing support." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Singular... Full of originality, this high-stakes fantasy with complex characters is a memorable read." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Fans of Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning or Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education will find much to love... Davidson's debut dark academia fantasy delivers a compelling mix of high-stakes competition, mystery, and emotional depth in a satisfying standalone." ―School Library Journal
This information about Flickerstate was first featured
in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter. Publication information is for the USA, and (unless stated otherwise) represents the first print edition. The reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. If you are the publisher or author and feel that they do not properly reflect the range of media opinion now available, send us a message with the mainstream reviews that you would like to see added.
Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
F.A. Davidson is a freelance writer based in North Carolina. She holds a B.A. in English from Yale University, where she studied creative writing. She was a 2022 Tin House YA scholar.
If you liked Flickerstate, try these:
L.A. Women by Ella Berman
Two ambitious writers in 1960s LA face betrayal when one writes a novel based on the other's life.
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
