Echo: Cheer Up A Crucible Comics Universe Novel
Cassidy Hayes thought junior year would be her year - captain material, college-bound, in control. But beneath the cheer routines and filtered selfies, she's starting to feel the cracks. When a new student named Kai Nantan arrives in Astoria Bay, quiet and observant with a past that doesn't quite add up, Cassidy's carefully balanced world begins to shift.
As their partnership in class turns into a connection neither expected, strange things start happening around town - whispers about missing kids, late-night sirens near the river, and something dark stirring beneath the surface of this coastal town.
When one of Cassidy's classmates disappears, she's forced to question everything she thought she knew about safety, friendship, and herself. Because in Astoria Bay, even the brightest smiles can hide the deepest fractures.
Echo: Cheer Up is a grounded coming-of-age thriller set within the Crucible Comics Universe - where ordinary lives brush dangerously close to extraordinary secrets.
