Leave No Trace

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Title: Leave No Trace
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Published by: Caezik/Arc Manor
Release Date: August 19, 2025
Pages: 390
ISBN13: 978-1647101619

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Sometimes, the bear chooses you.

Seventeen-year-old Lexi has been living in a remote stretch of the Rocky Mountains since her father dragged her – and her now-missing brother – there ten years ago, after the rest of their family was afflicted with a mysterious, magical sickness. Her paranoid father thinks they've escaped the "disease," and as long as they remain in the woods, they'll be safe.

But that fear means everyone is keeping secrets. Lexi can't tell him about her friend Gil, who pops up in the forest among a traveling stand of birch trees, who once saved her life – and who is definitely not human. She also can't tell her father about the magic Gil has shown her she possesses, which allows her to open the path to wherever she needs to go. Meanwhile, Gil has never told Lexi that he's hoping she'll join in a heated fight between magical creatures and humans … on the side of the fae. And that's not the only thing Gil's hiding, because he knows the true nature of forest guardian Artio, an enormous, godlike bear.

Everything changes when pop star T.J. Furey, his foster sister Steph, and T.J.'s manager Tony hire Lexi and her father to lead a hunt, with Artio as the target. If Lexi can't prevent Artio's death, she'll never see Gil again – but she can't do that without risking her father's wrath. When it turns out that Tony is harboring a dark past and a major grudge against all things magical, Lexi feels trapped. In order to save Artio, keep Gil, and escape the forest, Lexi is going to need all her heart, skills, and magic to open the true path to her – and humanity's – future.

Leave No Trace plays the clash of worlds – magic and technology, future and past, rural and urban – against the backdrop of a bear hunt and a war between fae and humans.

Note: This is a standalone book that has loose connections to The Only Song Worth Singing, but can be read entirely separate from that book or any future Green Place books.

"The story is propulsive, engaging, and just plain old good. It's always a treat to read Randee's work!" — Zin E. Rocklyn, author of Flowers for the Sea

"Randee deftly weaves together Celtic lore and modern conspiracy theories, along with a healthy dose of modern pop music and the people left in a hit song's wake, to explore a near future where nothing is as it seems. As soon as you think you know where the story is heading, Dawn veers off course and leaves the reader stranded in the woods, literally and figuratively. A must-read." — Jennifer Allis Provost, author of The Poison Garden series

"A killer story. Characters leap off the page with delicious moral complexities. Randee has brought something unique and rich to the mythology of the fae, and that is no mean feat." —  L.J. Cohen, author of Derelict and Litany for a Broken World