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At Pinedale High, she discovers friends among the outcasts, academic challenges, and something unexpected…ghosts.
Title: Phantom Algebra
Author: Dan Rice
Genre: YA Horror
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Book Blurb:
Zuri and her mother settle in Pinedale, North Carolina, to start over. For years, they’ve been on the run from Zuri’s father, a retired boxer and full-time gangland enforcer.
In Pinedale, Zuri finds a gym where she can train in mixed martial arts to pursue her dream of becoming a champion fighter. At Pinedale High, she discovers friends among the outcasts, academic challenges, and something unexpected…ghosts.
When Zuri encounters a tween phantom haunting the library, her life is turned upside down and inside out as she attempts to help the spirit. This incurs the wrath of devils, living and dead. Zuri will need her martial arts prowess, heart, and the aid of friends to protect everyone she loves.
Excerpt:
In disgust, Zuri threw her pencil onto the desk. The writing implement struck the desktop with a loud crack and rolled onto the carpeted floor. Crossing her arms before her chest, Zuri stewed. She wasn’t getting anywhere. All she was accomplishing was making herself late to the gym. But that was the rub. If she didn’t get a good grade in the stupid class, she’d never go to the gym again. It was so unfair. When would she ever need to know stupid algebra anyway?
Heaving a sigh, she whispered. “Get a hold of yourself.”
She looked across the desk to her algebra book. All she needed to do was read a chapter or two. How bad could that be? Of course, whenever she tried to read the math book, she always found herself suddenly sleepy. Next to the book rested her phone with the promise of clips of Malee Chaiyathorn beating people to a pulp. She reached for the device. She’d watch a clip to get her blood flowing before tackling math.
Only her hand never made it to the phone. Her nose twitched—what was that putrid smell? And the cold? The library had been pleasantly warm when she entered. In her peripheral vision, she glimpsed the pencil she had tossed floating through the air, stopping to hover above the algebraic equation. The coldness radiated from around the pencil, which lowered to the paper and started writing.
Zuri’s hand went to her chest. Her heart raced so hard she could feel the rapid thump, thump, thump in her palm. Before her very eyes, the pencil wrote the solution to the equation.
Very cool.
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Author Biography:
Dan Rice pens the young adult urban fantasy series The Allison Lee Chronicles and other speculative fiction, both short and long, in the wee hours of the morning. To discover more about Dan’s writing and keep tabs on his upcoming releases, check out his blog, join his newsletter, and follow him on BlueSky. His latest novel, the YA horror Phantom Algebra, releases on September 15, 2025.
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