The queen - nick cutter

The national bestselling author of #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth.

On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep.

She switches it on to find a text from her best friend, Charity Atwater.

The problem is, Charitys been missing for over a month.

Most people in town--even the police--think shes dead.

Margaret and Charity have been lifelong friends.

They share everything, know the most intimate details about one another.

but Charity carries a secret that even she is unaware of.

A secret engraved into her DNA helix.

For Charity is also known Subject Six, the crown jewel of Project Athena--a clandestine and unorthodox gene manipulation experiment, the brainchild of tech titan Rudyard Crate.

And when Charitys gene sequencing actualizes during a traumatic event at a high school party, it sets in motion a chain of events that will end in tragedy, bloodshed, and death.

And now Charity wants Margaret to know her story--the real story.

In a narrative that takes place over one feverish day, Margaret follows a series of increasingly dreadful breadcrumbs as she forges deeper into the mystery of her best friend--a person she never truly knew at all.