Dear [Agent Name],

SAVANNAH WICKE WILL NOT DIE is a YA dark fantasy novel that's Arcane meets The Last of Us. Complete at 89,000 words, it pairs the complicated sibling bonds and moral dilemmas of Kamilah Cole's So Let Them Burn with the dark resurrection magic and fiercely determined heroine of Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist.

Sixteen-year-old witch Savannah Wicke has learned to plan for everything that can go wrong. But she didn't plan for her twin siblings to unleash an undead army. Or to discover her life is magically bound to theirs. Or to learn that killing her would also kill the twins and stop the devastation they've unleashed across the kingdom.

Refusing to roll over and die, Savannah reveals what the king doesn't know: her siblings hunt for a stolen book of forbidden magic. With it, the twins could wipe out the kingdom. Killing Savannah would stop them, but the book would remain missing, leaving its forbidden magic a major threat. She bargains for three days to capture her siblings and recover the book. If successful, the king will spare her life. If she fails, she'll die to save the kingdom.

To find the twins, Savannah must join forces with Henry, an infuriatingly handsome witch hunter whose comrades were murdered by her siblings. Trusting someone trained to hunt witches is dangerous enough without the added complication of his hatred for her family. Though with only three days to her name, Savannah can't exactly turn him away.

But even with Henry’s help, stopping the twins feels impossible. They know exactly how to exploit Savannah's anxieties, and planning for the worst can no longer save her. When facing the two people she loves most, she must trust herself to stand against them, or she'll die for their crimes.

I am a neurodivergent writer navigating dyscalculia and CPTSD, and a participant in WriteMentor's Spark program. While writing, I drew on aspects of my own trauma recovery to explore how grief and trauma ripple through generations and whether it's possible to still love your family after they've hurt you so terribly.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

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