The Wolf and the Rain

The award-winning story of a missing girl in a lawless city.

'Tanya Lee's debut novel is a page-turner, with settings so richly detailed that you can practically smell the disinfectant in Sam's childhood dorm and the garbage lining the Barrow's muddy lanes. It's a dystopian epic made for film.' - 2019 IndieReader Discovery Award Winner (best YA fiction)

Hailed by Kirkus as one of the Great Indie Books Worth Discovering Shortlisted for the Whistler Independent Book Awards (fiction category) Wishing Shelf Book Awards bronze medalist (teen category) Readers' Favorite Book Awards silver medalist (best young adult sci-fi) B.R.A.G Medallion Honoree
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Samarra is a Protector, climbing the ranks in drought-stricken Seira, when a murder sends her fleeing to the Barrow, a northern city where the only things growing faster than the city's piles of garbage are extremist cults and violent gangs. With jobs in short supply, Samarra counts herself lucky to find work with the Vauns, one of the Barrow's most powerful and dangerous families. As she learns to navigate the beauty, the horror, and the magic of the lawless city, she finds herself living in the shadow of a missing woman—the mysterious Raina, who worked for the Vauns before her. When the trail, long thought cold, heats up, Samarra must decide whether her newly gained chance at freedom is worth sacrificing for a ghost.
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'Atmospheric . . . realistic . . . slow-burning' - Kirkus Reviews
'A superb read that holds much promise for the future of science fiction' - Readers' Favorite Book Awards
'Marvelous world-building' - Judge 14, 27th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards
'A gripping dystopian adventure' - Wishing Shelf Book Awards
'Rich, evocative and compelling, with subtle humor and dynamic strong female characters to root for. For fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent, this richly layered page-turner hits all the right notes and then some' - Kristen Conrad, #1 bestselling author of This is Devin Jones

Book 1 of 4 (probably)
PLEASE NOTE: This work contains mature themes