The Harrowing by Kristen Kiesling

The Harrowing

A Graphic Novel

Kristen Kiesling, Rye Hickman

Abrams Fanfare · Print & ebook · April 16, 2024

In award-winning author Kristen Kiesling and illustrator Rye Hickman’s YA graphic novel The Harrowing, a psychic teen hunts potential killers until she discovers the boy she loves is her next target.

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Who it’s for
A moody graphic-novel read for when you want supernatural tension with prestige polish.
Genres
YA Horror Comics, YA Paranormal Comics, YA Mystery & Detective Comics
Published
Abrams Fanfare, April 16, 2024

About this book

In award-winning author Kristen Kiesling and illustrator Rye Hickman’s YA graphic novel The Harrowing, a psychic teen hunts potential killers until she discovers the boy she loves is her next target. Rowan Sterling should be worrying about normal teenage things like attending college and whether her best friend Lucas is maybe more than a friend. . . . Instead, she’s having terrifying visions of blood and violence.

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As the premonitions increase in number and intensity, Rowan seeks her father’s help, but instead finds herself drugged, kidnapped, and sent to a mysterious facility called Rosewood. It isn’t long before Rowan discovers Rosewood isn’t a boarding school or an asylum: it’s a training center for teens with special abilities who are known as Harrows. Harrows can view the actions of would-be murderers before they commit crimes, and the scientists at Rosewood believe it is their duty to use the Harrows’ powers to make the world a safer place. When they are apprehended by a Harrow, imminent criminals, known as imcrims, are captured and indefinitely detained in a state of sedation. At Rosewood, the Harrows are taught how to identify, track, and apprehend imcrims. Rowan is immediately drawn to Rosewood’s mission; after all, she lost her mother to a random act of violence two years prior. However, some of the other Harrows question the treatment of imcrims—how can it be ethical to imprison people who haven’t actually done anything yet? Empowered by the skills she’s acquired and ready to change the world, Rowan returns home, but when she reunites with Lucas, she has a vision of him shooting a man in cold blood. Now Rowan is questioning everything she learned at Rosewood—she refuses to believe Lucas is capable of murder—and sets out to protect him from the Harrows.

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A moody graphic-novel read for when you want supernatural tension with prestige polish.

Come here for

  • YA paranormal comic energy
  • serious, suspense-first graphic storytelling

Expect

  • thriller pacing
  • horror-leaning atmosphere

Where it sits

YA Mystery & Detective Comics68%
YA Horror Comics51%
YA Paranormal Comics47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Horror Comics
  • YA Paranormal Comics
  • YA Supernatural Thrillers
Authors
Kristen Kiesling, Rye Hickman
Publisher
Abrams Fanfare
Published
April 16, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
YA Horror Comics