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The Scattering

by Mark Benson

A painter confronts a recurring nightmare

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A painter confronts a recurring nightmare

James’s gift for painting is entangled with a vision of danger: after a nightmare shows him his family’s slaughter, he wakes to a world drained of color. Five years later, the vision and an unexplained threat remain, while a pouch of nineteenth-century paintbrushes washes ashore near his home and other clues emerge. The premise brings together supernatural danger, a mystery tied to the past, and the question of whether James can change what he has foreseen.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in ghost stories
  • Readers who enjoy supernatural mysteries involving family danger
  • Readers drawn to stories where art and a protagonist’s unusual ability figure into the mystery

Themes

Foreknowledge and fateFamily under threatArt and perceptionMystery and vengeance

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Book overview

James was a prodigy painter, until a nightmare planted in his head shows him how his family is going to be slaughtered, and steals color from his waking eyes. Five years later, the same nightmare, still colorblind, and no answers about the vengeful mystery girl who's out for their blood ...

 

... until a pouch with paint brushes from the 1800s washes ashore near his house, and other clues begin to surface. Can James wade just deep enough into the killer's world to paint away his family's fate?

 

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