Afterimage

Naomi’s debut is a sci-fi thriller about Camryn Kingfisher, a seventeen-year-old who is the sole survivor of an explosion that kills thousands — including her mother.

After the accident, she finds that she is haunted by a transparent boy in a lab coat named Quint. Unsure whether he’s a hallucination or a ghost, she has no choice but to trust him as they become embroiled in a plot that is bigger than either of them realize. Together, they must figure out who caused the explosion before the culprit comes back to finish Camryn off for good.

Afterimage bridges an action-packed plot with a raw and believable romance between Camryn and Quint, and their love only becomes more complicated when they discover the truth about Quint’s identity.

Afterimage also deals with issues of mental health. Camryn has panic disorder and struggles with panic attacks throughout the novel. Though anxiety is often portrayed as a weakness, Camryn is the hero of the story.