YA Novel

Everlyn:
Rising Tide

A city trapped in the Static. A code waiting to be remembered. Nova Finch notices what everyone else has learned to ignore — and that small act of noticing may be the beginning of Everlynde waking up.

Releases June 29, 2026 Teen / Older YA Fantasy • Mystery • Friendship

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The Story

Everlynde was built for comfort. Then the city forgot how to live.

In Everlynde, every route is guided. Every choice is optimized. Every screen promises an easier life. But the city has grown quiet, gray, and disconnected. The Static drifts through the streets, people stop looking up, and the old rhythms that once helped the city thrive begin to disappear.

When the city forgets, begin where stories were kept.

Who this edition is for

Teens and older YA readers who like mystery, friendship, and big fantasy worlds.
Parents and homeschool families looking for a meaningful story with discussion potential.
Adult readers who enjoy hopeful dystopian fantasy without losing warmth, humor, and heart.

Meet the YA Cast

The Signal Team

Everlyn: Rising Tide follows a group of teens and unlikely allies as they uncover what Everlynde has forgotten. Each one carries a different part of the story’s heartbeat — attention, courage, curiosity, calm, belonging, memory, and resistance.

The Noticer

Nova Finch

Observant • Creative • Brave

Nova sees what Everlynde has trained people to ignore: the flower in the crack, the signal beneath the Static, and the question no one wants to ask.

The Mover

Rex Calder

Bold • Kinetic • Loyal

Rex is all motion, instinct, and momentum — until he learns that real strength is not just moving fast, but refusing to leave people behind.

The Builder

Kai Mercer

Analytical • Curious • Inventive

Kai builds, measures, tests, and tinkers until the impossible starts making sense. His questions help the group hear signals the city tries to bury.

The Calm-Maker

Luma Reyes

Grounded • Creative • Steady

Luma notices the emotional weather in a room before anyone else names it. When fear rises and the Static gets loud, she helps the group find enough quiet to keep going.

The Watcher

Rowan Vale

Quiet • Perceptive • Loyal

Rowan sees who is missing, who is pretending to be fine, and where the empty chair should be. His quiet loyalty becomes one of the group’s strongest forms of courage.

The Restorer

Silas Arden

Inventor • Mentor • Memory-Keeper

Silas remembers what Everlynde tried to forget. Grumpy, brilliant, and unexpectedly kind, he knows that restoration is patient work — and that rest can be its own kind of rebellion.

Beyond the Signal Team

The scout beyond the routes. The man in the tower.

The Scout

Jace Arlen

Field-trained • Resourceful • Watchful

Jace moves through routes most citizens never see. Practical, observant, and hard to impress, she carries the kind of knowledge that can only come from living beyond the city’s approved paths.

The Architect of Comfort

Sterling Vance

Controlled • Brilliant • Dangerous

Sterling Vance understands how easily help can become dependence, and dependence can become control. In his tower, convenience is never just a gift — it is a system.

The Everlyn Code

Not a checklist. A way back.

The themes are woven into the story rather than presented as lessons. The YA novel turns movement, fuel, calm, connection, purpose, and rest into places, choices, friendships, failures, and discoveries.

FuelWhat helps living things grow?

MovementHow do we move back toward life?

PurposeWhat good question comes next?

CalmWhat is true beneath the noise?

ConnectionWho needs a place at the table?

RestWho can hold the light while we recover?

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Everlyn:Rising Tide