Reverie
"An outstanding debut...[that] will light readers' imaginations on fire." ― School Library Journal STARRED Review
"A fever nightmare of epically queer proportions." ― Mark Oshiro, author of Anger Is a Gift
Inception meets The Magicians in this wildly imaginative story about what happens when the secret worlds people hide within themselves come to light.
All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can't remember anything since an accident robbed him of his memories a few weeks ago. And the world feels different ― reality itself seems different.
So when three of his classmates claim to be his friends and the only people who can tell him what's truly going on, he doesn't know what to believe or who he can trust. But as he and the others are dragged into unimaginable worlds that materialize out of nowhere ― the gym warps into a subterranean temple, a historical home nearby blooms into a Victorian romance rife with scandal and sorcery ― Kane realizes that nothing in his life is an accident, and only he can stop their world from unraveling.
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Ryan La Sala
Ryan La Sala has always lived on the partition between the real and unreal. He writes about surreal things happening to real people, and his stories are almost always queer. His first book, REVERIE, focuses on the worlds we build within ourselves - our dreams and our delusions - and how they warp our reality.
Ryan grew up in a quaint suburb of Connecticut with his three siblings and three parents. He studied Anthropology and Neuroscience at Northeastern University in Boston and now works atop an antique movie theater at a digital design agency in Somerville, MA. He lives in a house festooned in decorations from past theme parties, where the TV alternates between Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kingdom Hearts, and Sailor Moon. If not writing, Ryan is doing arts and crafts with his roommate, lounging around on gym equipment while listening to publishing podcasts, or listening to NPR while cooking. He doesn’t care what you have to say about it; he loves CATS the musical and you’re all just confused.
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