June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to rise together. But while Athena basked in literary fame, June faded into obscurity. Until the unthinkable happened—Athena’s sudden death. Fueled by envy and ambition, June seizes Athena’s just-finished manuscript, an extraordinary novel about Chinese laborers in World War I. She rebrands herself as Juniper Song and claims the story as her own.
Success follows swiftly: bestseller lists, glowing reviews, and a whole new identity. But Athena’s legacy isn’t so easily buried. Whispers of plagiarism and emerging evidence threaten to unravel June’s carefully constructed life. As her lies close in, June faces a chilling question: how far will she go to preserve her stolen triumph? A provocative exploration of ambition, appropriation, and the cost of deception.
