An unmissable, thrilling alternate-future novel for young adults from New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Ava Reid! New for 2026. * Winterveil is a truly thrilling and unique mash-up of Dark Academia with dystopia and romance with rebellion! * Winterveil will completely resonate with its politically active and engaged Gen Z readership. * Set in a dangerous alternate future where the world is at war, four gifted teenage criminals are offered redemption by enrolling at a secret military academy, but they find themselves at the centre of a conspiracy that could end the world as they know it. * Features many thrilling dystopian tropes including fighting an oppressive government, self-exploration, the underdog, rebellion and dangerous trials. * Ava Reid is the NYT and Sunday Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and is a A star on the rise - Ava's sales have recently exploded in the US * It's hugely exciting to be able to being Ava to the Electric Monkey list and take her sales to the next level in the UK and export markets, publishing alongside HCUS * A darling of the YA world, Ava has over 60k followers on Instagram and is hugely well connected in the literary and fantasy worlds Competition: Ballad of Songbird and Snakes; Divergent; Secret History; Resistance Trilogy; Powerless; Sunrise on the Reaping; Hunger Games; Inheritance Games; Reappearance of Rachel Price; Ready Player One. Suzanne Collins; Veronica Roth; Donna Tartt; Lisa Jewell; Lee Child; Holly Jackson;Jennifer Lynn Barnes; Lauren Roberts.